diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c b/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
index 3674484946a5abeb14ff4d11dc9b7666458f8128..2d3aa408fbdca19230224269ebbcc7124dc7f5bb 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
@@ -39,17 +39,21 @@
 #include <net/route.h>
 #include <net/xfrm.h>
 
-static bool ip_may_fragment(const struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	return unlikely((ip_hdr(skb)->frag_off & htons(IP_DF)) == 0) ||
-		skb->ignore_df;
-}
-
 static bool ip_exceeds_mtu(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int mtu)
 {
 	if (skb->len <= mtu)
 		return false;
 
+	if (unlikely((ip_hdr(skb)->frag_off & htons(IP_DF)) == 0))
+		return false;
+
+	/* original fragment exceeds mtu and DF is set */
+	if (unlikely(IPCB(skb)->frag_max_size > mtu))
+		return true;
+
+	if (skb->ignore_df)
+		return false;
+
 	if (skb_is_gso(skb) && skb_gso_network_seglen(skb) <= mtu)
 		return false;
 
@@ -114,7 +118,7 @@ int ip_forward(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	IPCB(skb)->flags |= IPSKB_FORWARDED;
 	mtu = ip_dst_mtu_maybe_forward(&rt->dst, true);
-	if (!ip_may_fragment(skb) && ip_exceeds_mtu(skb, mtu)) {
+	if (ip_exceeds_mtu(skb, mtu)) {
 		IP_INC_STATS(dev_net(rt->dst.dev), IPSTATS_MIB_FRAGFAILS);
 		icmp_send(skb, ICMP_DEST_UNREACH, ICMP_FRAG_NEEDED,
 			  htonl(mtu));