diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index d75456adc62a..7c2b05ce0421 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -1594,10 +1594,6 @@ static bool tun_can_build_skb(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
 	if (zerocopy)
 		return false;
 
-	if (SKB_DATA_ALIGN(len + TUN_RX_PAD) +
-	    SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info)) > PAGE_SIZE)
-		return false;
-
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -1673,6 +1669,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *tun_build_skb(struct tun_struct *tun,
 	buflen += SKB_DATA_ALIGN(len + pad);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
+	if (buflen > PAGE_SIZE)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
+
 	alloc_frag->offset = ALIGN((u64)alloc_frag->offset, SMP_CACHE_BYTES);
 	if (unlikely(!skb_page_frag_refill(buflen, alloc_frag, GFP_KERNEL)))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);