diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 30007afe70b3..f54d6659713a 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -948,6 +948,13 @@ static inline void skb_copy_hash(struct sk_buff *to, const struct sk_buff *from)
 	to->l4_hash = from->l4_hash;
 };
 
+static inline void skb_sender_cpu_clear(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_XPS
+	skb->sender_cpu = 0;
+#endif
+}
+
 #ifdef NET_SKBUFF_DATA_USES_OFFSET
 static inline unsigned char *skb_end_pointer(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index f80507823531..434e78e5254d 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -4173,7 +4173,7 @@ void skb_scrub_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, bool xnet)
 	skb->ignore_df = 0;
 	skb_dst_drop(skb);
 	skb->mark = 0;
-	skb->sender_cpu = 0;
+	skb_sender_cpu_clear(skb);
 	skb_init_secmark(skb);
 	secpath_reset(skb);
 	nf_reset(skb);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c b/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
index 787b3c294ce6..d9bc28ac5d1b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ static int ip_forward_finish(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (unlikely(opt->optlen))
 		ip_forward_options(skb);
 
+	skb_sender_cpu_clear(skb);
 	return dst_output(skb);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 0a04a37305d5..7e80b61b51ff 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ static int ip6_forward_proxy_check(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 static inline int ip6_forward_finish(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	skb_sender_cpu_clear(skb);
 	return dst_output(skb);
 }