diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index 225bfc80811225e5a334950c95c5578c2ae678a1..349123592af0f5387f3dd8aec32eb7c5fdcce9bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -451,6 +451,10 @@ static rx_handler_result_t macvlan_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb)
 	int ret;
 	rx_handler_result_t handle_res;
 
+	/* Packets from dev_loopback_xmit() do not have L2 header, bail out */
+	if (unlikely(skb->pkt_type == PACKET_LOOPBACK))
+		return RX_HANDLER_PASS;
+
 	port = macvlan_port_get_rcu(skb->dev);
 	if (is_multicast_ether_addr(eth->h_dest)) {
 		unsigned int hash;