diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipip.c b/net/ipv4/ipip.c
index c891235b4966cc4994d81acf39070d27c3060f13..4368282eb6f8fb38bcd979e8967e3f5d105cc81c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipip.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipip.c
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	const struct iphdr  *tiph = &tunnel->parms.iph;
 	u8 ipproto;
 
+	if (!pskb_inet_may_pull(skb))
+		goto tx_error;
+
 	switch (skb->protocol) {
 	case htons(ETH_P_IP):
 		ipproto = IPPROTO_IPIP;