diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 3e9246cc49c3784ebc045868a53318d35bf01075..57763d30cabb12525f698b8f193519bd4dfb699e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ static int xmit_skb(struct send_queue *sq, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf *hdr;
 	const unsigned char *dest = ((struct ethhdr *)skb->data)->h_dest;
 	struct virtnet_info *vi = sq->vq->vdev->priv;
-	unsigned num_sg;
+	int num_sg;
 	unsigned hdr_len = vi->hdr_len;
 	bool can_push;
 
@@ -1177,11 +1177,16 @@ static int xmit_skb(struct send_queue *sq, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (can_push) {
 		__skb_push(skb, hdr_len);
 		num_sg = skb_to_sgvec(skb, sq->sg, 0, skb->len);
+		if (unlikely(num_sg < 0))
+			return num_sg;
 		/* Pull header back to avoid skew in tx bytes calculations. */
 		__skb_pull(skb, hdr_len);
 	} else {
 		sg_set_buf(sq->sg, hdr, hdr_len);
-		num_sg = skb_to_sgvec(skb, sq->sg + 1, 0, skb->len) + 1;
+		num_sg = skb_to_sgvec(skb, sq->sg + 1, 0, skb->len);
+		if (unlikely(num_sg < 0))
+			return num_sg;
+		num_sg++;
 	}
 	return virtqueue_add_outbuf(sq->vq, sq->sg, num_sg, skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 }