diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c
index dd80c7d9074ad3e1bf14700a59eb3d1465121253..c4c9f3be33d92fcd823fe4269b86db2bcd3f1985 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static void rxe_rcv_mcast_pkt(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		 * increase the users of the skb then post to the next qp
 		 */
 		if (mce->qp_list.next != &mcg->qp_list)
-			refcount_inc(&skb->users);
+			skb_get(skb);
 
 		pkt->qp = qp;
 		rxe_add_ref(qp);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_resp.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_resp.c
index c4172edf1f074f4196ea2fada3abab6e867dab09..ed402f028471174a8d6d5d1926ebad8f5e4e4373 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_resp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_resp.c
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ static int send_atomic_ack(struct rxe_qp *qp, struct rxe_pkt_info *pkt,
 	memset((unsigned char *)SKB_TO_PKT(skb) + sizeof(ack_pkt), 0,
 	       sizeof(skb->cb) - sizeof(ack_pkt));
 
-	refcount_inc(&skb->users);
+	skb_get(skb);
 	res->type = RXE_ATOMIC_MASK;
 	res->atomic.skb = skb;
 	res->first_psn = ack_pkt.psn;