diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
index 586b1b3e35b805d46158531ae8e7b49122abbaa7..bb26b5494ba885b5f7eb22a0889463c8dd09bc91 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ int __iptunnel_pull_header(struct sk_buff *skb, int hdr_len,
                skb->protocol = inner_proto;
        }
 
+       if (!pskb_inet_may_pull(skb))
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
        skb_clear_hash_if_not_l4(skb);
        __vlan_hwaccel_clear_tag(skb);
        skb_set_queue_mapping(skb, 0);