diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 923146c..6b554c3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -2593,15 +2593,11 @@
 	} else {
 		/* Socket is locked, keep trying until memory is available. */
 		for (;;) {
-			skb = alloc_skb_fclone(MAX_TCP_HEADER,
-					       sk->sk_allocation);
+			skb = sk_stream_alloc_skb(sk, 0, sk->sk_allocation);
 			if (skb)
 				break;
 			yield();
 		}
-
-		/* Reserve space for headers and prepare control bits. */
-		skb_reserve(skb, MAX_TCP_HEADER);
 		/* FIN eats a sequence byte, write_seq advanced by tcp_queue_skb(). */
 		tcp_init_nondata_skb(skb, tp->write_seq,
 				     TCPHDR_ACK | TCPHDR_FIN);