diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
index 276ca543ef44d862d095243073da4fdad88bb889..02a9f4dc594d02372a6c1850cd600eff9d000d8d 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
@@ -103,8 +103,10 @@ static inline int virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 		if (!skb_partial_csum_set(skb, start, off))
 			return -EINVAL;
+		if (skb_transport_offset(skb) < nh_min_len)
+			return -EINVAL;
 
-		nh_min_len = max_t(u32, nh_min_len, skb_transport_offset(skb));
+		nh_min_len = skb_transport_offset(skb);
 		p_off = nh_min_len + thlen;
 		if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, p_off))
 			return -EINVAL;