diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 836bca6485f5..1a8835117fd6 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1700,6 +1700,7 @@ static void __release_sock(struct sock *sk)
 		do {
 			struct sk_buff *next = skb->next;
 
+			prefetch(next);
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(skb_dst_is_noref(skb));
 			skb->next = NULL;
 			sk_backlog_rcv(sk, skb);