diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_SYNPROXY.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_SYNPROXY.c
index 811689e523c310dc41b71f6ec9fcff3d2749e590..f75fc6b531152a4d1f4fb96052ad47f3e76c9a21 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_SYNPROXY.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_SYNPROXY.c
@@ -330,7 +330,8 @@ static unsigned int ipv4_synproxy_hook(void *priv,
 	if (synproxy == NULL)
 		return NF_ACCEPT;
 
-	if (nf_is_loopback_packet(skb))
+	if (nf_is_loopback_packet(skb) ||
+	    ip_hdr(skb)->protocol != IPPROTO_TCP)
 		return NF_ACCEPT;
 
 	thoff = ip_hdrlen(skb);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_SYNPROXY.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_SYNPROXY.c
index a5cd43d75393db2152fa5a4edb0b505d20fc2f45..437af8c95277f7a3364f2d0492455a172cc22ab8 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_SYNPROXY.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_SYNPROXY.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static unsigned int ipv6_synproxy_hook(void *priv,
 	nexthdr = ipv6_hdr(skb)->nexthdr;
 	thoff = ipv6_skip_exthdr(skb, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr), &nexthdr,
 				 &frag_off);
-	if (thoff < 0)
+	if (thoff < 0 || nexthdr != IPPROTO_TCP)
 		return NF_ACCEPT;
 
 	th = skb_header_pointer(skb, thoff, sizeof(_th), &_th);