diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 5994d5415a03..4c9bc29fe3d5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -1766,7 +1766,7 @@ static int vxlan_err_lookup(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct vxlanhdr *hdr;
 	__be32 vni;
 
-	if (skb->len < VXLAN_HLEN)
+	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, skb_transport_offset(skb) + VXLAN_HLEN))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	hdr = vxlan_hdr(skb);