diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv4.c
index b6ea57ec5e141837c587f571ad82d94e99ee382e..fd8220213afc36375f83d0af902443cf2f5a4a8f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv4.c
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ const struct tcphdr *nf_reject_ip_tcphdr_get(struct sk_buff *oldskb,
 	if (ip_hdr(oldskb)->frag_off & htons(IP_OFFSET))
 		return NULL;
 
+	if (ip_hdr(oldskb)->protocol != IPPROTO_TCP)
+		return NULL;
+
 	oth = skb_header_pointer(oldskb, ip_hdrlen(oldskb),
 				 sizeof(struct tcphdr), _oth);
 	if (oth == NULL)