diff --git a/net/ife/ife.c b/net/ife/ife.c
index 7fbe70a0af4becb24204f47dfb47133d2591d44b..13bbf8cb6a3961d422d01cf5b16a724d16107419 100644
--- a/net/ife/ife.c
+++ b/net/ife/ife.c
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ void *ife_decode(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 *metalen)
 	int total_pull;
 	u16 ifehdrln;
 
+	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, skb->dev->hard_header_len + IFE_METAHDRLEN))
+		return NULL;
+
 	ifehdr = (struct ifeheadr *) (skb->data + skb->dev->hard_header_len);
 	ifehdrln = ntohs(ifehdr->metalen);
 	total_pull = skb->dev->hard_header_len + ifehdrln;