diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 435756877abaa1ab4c0edcc2346bcb2de3625605..cfdc9abbd97c2618ca2b7a24b37f946a86c14855 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -2662,6 +2662,9 @@ static int tpacket_fill_skb(struct packet_sock *po, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
        packet_parse_headers(skb, sock);
 
+       if (unlikely(!skb->len))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
        return tp_len;
 }