diff --git a/include/net/gro.h b/include/net/gro.h
index 018343254c90a617d68638310965e44ba34a8da8..9260ed367c91900a5fedf836f9b9f895556c5111 100644
--- a/include/net/gro.h
+++ b/include/net/gro.h
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
 #include <net/udp.h>
 
+/* This should be increased if a protocol with a bigger head is added. */
+#define GRO_MAX_HEAD (MAX_HEADER + 128)
+
 struct napi_gro_cb {
 	union {
 		struct {
diff --git a/net/core/gro.c b/net/core/gro.c
index b7e124f66c9a16f6d6b1ea8589768be16a6713b7..2f72cce0b2192a31f3a156e960ec73fca3c2b2eb 100644
--- a/net/core/gro.c
+++ b/net/core/gro.c
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 
 #define MAX_GRO_SKBS 8
 
-/* This should be increased if a protocol with a bigger head is added. */
-#define GRO_MAX_HEAD (MAX_HEADER + 128)
-
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(offload_lock);
 struct list_head offload_base __read_mostly = LIST_HEAD_INIT(offload_base);
 /* Maximum number of GRO_NORMAL skbs to batch up for list-RX */
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 514c2e0021da80d4c55b0ee6b154aabd791775c6..ea5e9d46d4c42e4e4af52b20ce6158e512725ebe 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
 #include <net/dst.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include <net/checksum.h>
+#ifndef __GENKSYMS__
+#include <net/gro.h>
+#endif
 #include <net/gso.h>
 #include <net/ip6_checksum.h>
 #include <net/xfrm.h>
@@ -96,7 +99,9 @@ static struct kmem_cache *skbuff_ext_cache __ro_after_init;
 
 static struct kmem_cache *skb_small_head_cache __ro_after_init;
 
-#define SKB_SMALL_HEAD_SIZE SKB_HEAD_ALIGN(MAX_TCP_HEADER)
+#define GRO_MAX_HEAD_PAD (GRO_MAX_HEAD + NET_SKB_PAD + NET_IP_ALIGN)
+#define SKB_SMALL_HEAD_SIZE SKB_HEAD_ALIGN(max(MAX_TCP_HEADER, \
+					       GRO_MAX_HEAD_PAD))
 
 /* We want SKB_SMALL_HEAD_CACHE_SIZE to not be a power of two.
  * This should ensure that SKB_SMALL_HEAD_HEADROOM is a unique
@@ -708,7 +713,7 @@ struct sk_buff *__netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int len,
 	/* If requested length is either too small or too big,
 	 * we use kmalloc() for skb->head allocation.
 	 */
-	if (len <= SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(1024) ||
+	if (len <= SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(SKB_SMALL_HEAD_CACHE_SIZE) ||
 	    len > SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(PAGE_SIZE) ||
 	    (gfp_mask & (__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM | GFP_DMA))) {
 		skb = __alloc_skb(len, gfp_mask, SKB_ALLOC_RX, NUMA_NO_NODE);
@@ -785,7 +790,8 @@ struct sk_buff *__napi_alloc_skb(struct napi_struct *napi, unsigned int len,
 	 * When the small frag allocator is available, prefer it over kmalloc
 	 * for small fragments
 	 */
-	if ((!NAPI_HAS_SMALL_PAGE_FRAG && len <= SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(1024)) ||
+	if ((!NAPI_HAS_SMALL_PAGE_FRAG &&
+	     len <= SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(SKB_SMALL_HEAD_CACHE_SIZE)) ||
 	    len > SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(PAGE_SIZE) ||
 	    (gfp_mask & (__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM | GFP_DMA))) {
 		skb = __alloc_skb(len, gfp_mask, SKB_ALLOC_RX | SKB_ALLOC_NAPI,