diff --git a/include/net/sch_generic.h b/include/net/sch_generic.h
index b35301b0c7b6..977ec06ed0c7 100644
--- a/include/net/sch_generic.h
+++ b/include/net/sch_generic.h
@@ -594,9 +594,16 @@ static inline u32 qdisc_l2t(struct qdisc_rate_table* rtab, unsigned int pktlen)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT
-static inline struct sk_buff *skb_act_clone(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+static inline struct sk_buff *skb_act_clone(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+					    int action)
 {
-	struct sk_buff *n = skb_clone(skb, gfp_mask);
+	struct sk_buff *n;
+
+	if ((action == TC_ACT_STOLEN || action == TC_ACT_QUEUED) &&
+	    !skb_shared(skb))
+		n = skb_get(skb);
+	else
+		n = skb_clone(skb, gfp_mask);
 
 	if (n) {
 		n->tc_verd = SET_TC_VERD(n->tc_verd, 0);
diff --git a/net/sched/act_mirred.c b/net/sched/act_mirred.c
index c0b6863e3b87..2e9a7b91aa10 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_mirred.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_mirred.c
@@ -169,13 +169,13 @@ static int tcf_mirred(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tc_action *a,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	skb2 = skb_act_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	at = G_TC_AT(skb->tc_verd);
+	skb2 = skb_act_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC, m->tcf_action);
 	if (skb2 == NULL)
 		goto out;
 
 	m->tcf_bstats.bytes += qdisc_pkt_len(skb2);
 	m->tcf_bstats.packets++;
-	at = G_TC_AT(skb->tc_verd);
 	if (!(at & AT_EGRESS)) {
 		if (m->tcfm_ok_push)
 			skb_push(skb2, skb2->dev->hard_header_len);
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ static int tcf_mirred(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tc_action *a,
 	if (m->tcfm_eaction != TCA_EGRESS_MIRROR)
 		skb2->tc_verd = SET_TC_FROM(skb2->tc_verd, at);
 
-	skb2->dev = dev;
 	skb2->skb_iif = skb->dev->ifindex;
+	skb2->dev = dev;
 	dev_queue_xmit(skb2);
 	err = 0;