diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 4e73ab3482b8..c551c7a29fd3 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -979,6 +979,12 @@ static void kfree_skb_add_bulk(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/* don't use kmem_cache bulk API with IRQs disabled */
+	if (unlikely(irqs_disabled())) {
+		__kfree_skb(skb);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	skb_release_all(skb, reason);
 	sa->skb_array[sa->skb_count++] = skb;