diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
index dc9da76c0470d65984126662a6ade58bbc6e1977..8bb62dd864c8cc8902fc8899e3c41dde317e2576 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/can/dev.h>
+#include <linux/can/netlink.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 
 #define MOD_DESC "CAN device driver interface"
@@ -293,6 +294,7 @@ static bool can_skb_headroom_valid(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 bool can_dropped_invalid_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	const struct canfd_frame *cfd = (struct canfd_frame *)skb->data;
+	struct can_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
 	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_CAN)) {
 		if (unlikely(skb->len != CAN_MTU ||
@@ -306,8 +308,13 @@ bool can_dropped_invalid_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		goto inval_skb;
 	}
 
-	if (!can_skb_headroom_valid(dev, skb))
+	if (!can_skb_headroom_valid(dev, skb)) {
+		goto inval_skb;
+	} else if (priv->ctrlmode & CAN_CTRLMODE_LISTENONLY) {
+		netdev_info_once(dev,
+				 "interface in listen only mode, dropping skb\n");
 		goto inval_skb;
+	}
 
 	return false;