diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index adef223..f9e4332 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ static int __ip6_append_data(struct sock *sk,
 	int csummode = CHECKSUM_NONE;
 	unsigned int maxnonfragsize, headersize;
 	unsigned int wmem_alloc_delta = 0;
-	bool paged, extra_uref;
+	bool paged, extra_uref = false;
 
 	skb = skb_peek_tail(queue);
 	if (!skb) {
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ static int __ip6_append_data(struct sock *sk,
 		uarg = sock_zerocopy_realloc(sk, length, skb_zcopy(skb));
 		if (!uarg)
 			return -ENOBUFS;
-		extra_uref = true;
+		extra_uref = !skb;	/* only extra ref if !MSG_MORE */
 		if (rt->dst.dev->features & NETIF_F_SG &&
 		    csummode == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
 			paged = true;