diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 9c535fbccf2c..0cd92b0f2af5 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1966,6 +1966,8 @@ static inline int pskb_may_pull(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
 	return __pskb_pull_tail(skb, len - skb_headlen(skb)) != NULL;
 }
 
+void skb_condense(struct sk_buff *skb);
+
 /**
  *	skb_headroom - bytes at buffer head
  *	@skb: buffer to check
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index b45cd1494243..84151cf40aeb 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -4931,3 +4931,31 @@ struct sk_buff *pskb_extract(struct sk_buff *skb, int off,
 	return clone;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pskb_extract);
+
+/**
+ * skb_condense - try to get rid of fragments/frag_list if possible
+ * @skb: buffer
+ *
+ * Can be used to save memory before skb is added to a busy queue.
+ * If packet has bytes in frags and enough tail room in skb->head,
+ * pull all of them, so that we can free the frags right now and adjust
+ * truesize.
+ * Notes:
+ *	We do not reallocate skb->head thus can not fail.
+ *	Caller must re-evaluate skb->truesize if needed.
+ */
+void skb_condense(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	if (!skb->data_len ||
+	    skb->data_len > skb->end - skb->tail ||
+	    skb_cloned(skb))
+		return;
+
+	/* Nice, we can free page frag(s) right now */
+	__pskb_pull_tail(skb, skb->data_len);
+
+	/* Now adjust skb->truesize, since __pskb_pull_tail() does
+	 * not do this.
+	 */
+	skb->truesize = SKB_TRUESIZE(skb_end_offset(skb));
+}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index 16d88ba9ff1c..f5628ada47b5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ int __udp_enqueue_schedule_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct sk_buff_head *list = &sk->sk_receive_queue;
 	int rmem, delta, amt, err = -ENOMEM;
-	int size = skb->truesize;
+	int size;
 
 	/* try to avoid the costly atomic add/sub pair when the receive
 	 * queue is full; always allow at least a packet
@@ -1208,6 +1208,16 @@ int __udp_enqueue_schedule_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (rmem > sk->sk_rcvbuf)
 		goto drop;
 
+	/* Under mem pressure, it might be helpful to help udp_recvmsg()
+	 * having linear skbs :
+	 * - Reduce memory overhead and thus increase receive queue capacity
+	 * - Less cache line misses at copyout() time
+	 * - Less work at consume_skb() (less alien page frag freeing)
+	 */
+	if (rmem > (sk->sk_rcvbuf >> 1))
+		skb_condense(skb);
+	size = skb->truesize;
+
 	/* we drop only if the receive buf is full and the receive
 	 * queue contains some other skb
 	 */