diff --git a/include/net/gro.h b/include/net/gro.h
index b9b58c1f8d19..7b548f91754b 100644
--- a/include/net/gro.h
+++ b/include/net/gro.h
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 #include <net/udp.h>
 #include <net/hotdata.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 d1f44084e978..78b320b63174 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);
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index a441613a1e6c..f5a6d50570c4 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 #include <net/dst.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include <net/checksum.h>
+#include <net/gro.h>
 #include <net/gso.h>
 #include <net/hotdata.h>
 #include <net/ip6_checksum.h>
@@ -95,7 +96,9 @@
 static struct kmem_cache *skbuff_ext_cache __ro_after_init;
 #endif
 
-#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
@@ -736,7 +739,7 @@ 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);
@@ -816,7 +819,8 @@ 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,