diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
index 40749b3cd356..991773dcb9cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
@@ -212,6 +212,14 @@ mem_pcpu_rsv
 
 Per-cpu reserved forward alloc cache size in page units. Default 1MB per CPU.
 
+bypass_prot_mem
+---------------
+
+Skip charging socket buffers to the global per-protocol memory
+accounting controlled by net.ipv4.tcp_mem, net.ipv4.udp_mem, etc.
+
+Default: 0 (off)
+
 rmem_default
 ------------
 
diff --git a/include/net/netns/core.h b/include/net/netns/core.h
index cb9c3e4cd738..9ef3d70e5e9c 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/core.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/core.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ struct netns_core {
 	int	sysctl_optmem_max;
 	u8	sysctl_txrehash;
 	u8	sysctl_tstamp_allow_data;
+	u8	sysctl_bypass_prot_mem;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 	struct prot_inuse __percpu *prot_inuse;
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 5bf208579c02..b78533fb9268 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -2306,8 +2306,13 @@ struct sock *sk_alloc(struct net *net, int family, gfp_t priority,
 		 * why we need sk_prot_creator -acme
 		 */
 		sk->sk_prot = sk->sk_prot_creator = prot;
+
+		if (READ_ONCE(net->core.sysctl_bypass_prot_mem))
+			sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem = 1;
+
 		sk->sk_kern_sock = kern;
 		sock_lock_init(sk);
+
 		sk->sk_net_refcnt = kern ? 0 : 1;
 		if (likely(sk->sk_net_refcnt)) {
 			get_net_track(net, &sk->ns_tracker, priority);
diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
index f79137826d7f..8d4decb2606f 100644
--- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
+++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
@@ -683,6 +683,15 @@ static struct ctl_table netns_core_table[] = {
 		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
 		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "bypass_prot_mem",
+		.data		= &init_net.core.sysctl_bypass_prot_mem,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(u8),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dou8vec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
+		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE
+	},
 	/* sysctl_core_net_init() will set the values after this
 	 * to readonly in network namespaces
 	 */