diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 416a2e4024b2..fbcb18651970 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ static inline void *skb_header_pointer(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
 {
 	int hlen = skb_headlen(skb);
 
-	if (offset + len <= hlen)
+	if (hlen - offset >= len)
 		return skb->data + offset;
 
 	if (skb_copy_bits(skb, offset, buffer, len) < 0)