diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index 244fb9365d87..4b39ea99f00b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -1040,7 +1040,8 @@ static int __ip_append_data(struct sock *sk,
 	} else if ((flags & MSG_SPLICE_PAGES) && length) {
 		if (inet->hdrincl)
 			return -EPERM;
-		if (rt->dst.dev->features & NETIF_F_SG)
+		if (rt->dst.dev->features & NETIF_F_SG &&
+		    getfrag == ip_generic_getfrag)
 			/* We need an empty buffer to attach stuff to */
 			paged = true;
 		else
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index c722cb881b2d..dd845139882c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -1592,7 +1592,8 @@ static int __ip6_append_data(struct sock *sk,
 	} else if ((flags & MSG_SPLICE_PAGES) && length) {
 		if (inet_sk(sk)->hdrincl)
 			return -EPERM;
-		if (rt->dst.dev->features & NETIF_F_SG)
+		if (rt->dst.dev->features & NETIF_F_SG &&
+		    getfrag == ip_generic_getfrag)
 			/* We need an empty buffer to attach stuff to */
 			paged = true;
 		else