diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 91fb4e8212f52d434e6d072103f70dbb8d219326..5e31a909a2b0c215df8266a76f28d2d0218e9790 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ static int ip6_finish_output2(struct sk_buff *skb)
 static int ip6_finish_output(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	if ((skb->len > ip6_skb_dst_mtu(skb) && !skb_is_gso(skb)) ||
-	    dst_allfrag(skb_dst(skb)))
+	    dst_allfrag(skb_dst(skb)) ||
+	    (IP6CB(skb)->frag_max_size && skb->len > IP6CB(skb)->frag_max_size))
 		return ip6_fragment(skb, ip6_finish_output2);
 	else
 		return ip6_finish_output2(skb);