--- x/net/core/filter.c
+++ y/net/core/filter.c
@@ -2431,7 +2431,7 @@ enum {
 BPF_CALL_3(bpf_clone_redirect, struct sk_buff *, skb, u32, ifindex, u64, flags)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev;
-	struct sk_buff *clone;
+	struct sk_buff *buf;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (unlikely(flags & (~(BPF_F_INGRESS) | BPF_F_REDIRECT_INTERNAL)))
@@ -2441,22 +2441,11 @@ BPF_CALL_3(bpf_clone_redirect, struct sk
 	if (unlikely(!dev))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	clone = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (unlikely(!clone))
+	buf = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (unlikely(!buf))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	/* For direct write, we need to keep the invariant that the skbs
-	 * we're dealing with need to be uncloned. Should uncloning fail
-	 * here, we need to free the just generated clone to unclone once
-	 * again.
-	 */
-	ret = bpf_try_make_head_writable(skb);
-	if (unlikely(ret)) {
-		kfree_skb(clone);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
-	return __bpf_redirect(clone, dev, flags);
+	return __bpf_redirect(buf, dev, flags);
 }
 
 static const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_clone_redirect_proto = {