diff --git a/wbuff/src/i_wbuff.h b/wbuff/src/i_wbuff.h
index 9d7090f981..374b455c5c 100644
--- a/wbuff/src/i_wbuff.h
+++ b/wbuff/src/i_wbuff.h
@@ -81,9 +81,11 @@ struct wbuff_module {
  * struct wbuff_holder - allocation holder for wbuff
  * @initialized: to identified whether module is initialized
  * @mod: list of modules
+ * @pf_cache: Reference to page frag cache, used for nbuf allocations
  */
 struct wbuff_holder {
 	bool initialized;
 	struct wbuff_module mod[WBUFF_MAX_MODULES];
+	qdf_frag_cache_t pf_cache;
 };
 #endif /* _WBUFF_H */
diff --git a/wbuff/src/wbuff.c b/wbuff/src/wbuff.c
index 21e5c83100..8eaa714372 100644
--- a/wbuff/src/wbuff.c
+++ b/wbuff/src/wbuff.c
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ static qdf_nbuf_t wbuff_prepare_nbuf(uint8_t module_id, uint8_t pool_id,
 	qdf_nbuf_t buf;
 	unsigned long dev_scratch = 0;
 
-	buf = qdf_nbuf_alloc(NULL, len, reserve, align, false);
+	buf = qdf_nbuf_page_frag_alloc(NULL, len, reserve, align,
+				       &wbuff.pf_cache);
 	if (!buf)
 		return NULL;
 	dev_scratch = module_id;