diff --git a/drivers/net/gtp.c b/drivers/net/gtp.c
index 84e6f2b96fbade59c4e210b26eb5c6abf31b83ff..e298189af6fa6e86c87a632b772c601982054222 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gtp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gtp.c
@@ -564,6 +564,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t gtp_dev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	if (skb_cow_head(skb, dev->needed_headroom))
 		goto tx_err;
 
+	if (!pskb_inet_may_pull(skb))
+		goto tx_err;
+
 	skb_reset_inner_headers(skb);
 
 	/* PDP context lookups in gtp_build_skb_*() need rcu read-side lock. */