diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index c3b414aeb6f9b0a9162877acba1bd2e31803423e..357359e76df34ac33291d37451b5814339367f4e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ static int udp_send_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi4 *fl4,
 			kfree_skb(skb);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-		if (skb->len > cork->gso_size * UDP_MAX_SEGMENTS) {
+		if (datalen > cork->gso_size * UDP_MAX_SEGMENTS) {
 			kfree_skb(skb);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}