diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index a299f5424e166cde51d553cac98f92493ceb3faa..1bbd0930063eeca7a75aab193a53fdae5f9e973b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -903,6 +903,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		truncate = true;
 	}
 
+	if (skb_cow_head(skb, dev->needed_headroom))
+		goto tx_err;
+
 	t->parms.o_flags &= ~TUNNEL_KEY;
 	IPCB(skb)->flags = 0;