diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipip.c b/net/ipv4/ipip.c
index 43adfc1641bacac2df882970e1eafca318896041..2f01cf6fa0deffb6f86a4db89b0aa8b951d0f352 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipip.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipip.c
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	const struct iphdr  *tiph = &tunnel->parms.iph;
 	u8 ipproto;
 
+	if (!pskb_inet_may_pull(skb))
+		goto tx_error;
+
 	switch (skb->protocol) {
 	case htons(ETH_P_IP):
 		ipproto = IPPROTO_IPIP;