diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index dc23177764996d5e4757ae877358bd2a5effa13d..c105a315b1a3cc98ab780eca159ab85f92535976 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -579,8 +579,8 @@ static void erspan_fb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (gre_handle_offloads(skb, false))
 		goto err_free_rt;
 
-	if (skb->len > dev->mtu) {
-		pskb_trim(skb, dev->mtu);
+	if (skb->len > dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len) {
+		pskb_trim(skb, dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len);
 		truncate = true;
 	}
 
@@ -731,8 +731,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t erspan_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (skb_cow_head(skb, dev->needed_headroom))
 		goto free_skb;
 
-	if (skb->len - dev->hard_header_len > dev->mtu) {
-		pskb_trim(skb, dev->mtu);
+	if (skb->len > dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len) {
+		pskb_trim(skb, dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len);
 		truncate = true;
 	}