diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 796b68d00119..5e6202e62265 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -1973,14 +1973,15 @@ static void find_good_pkt_pointers(struct bpf_verifier_state *state,
 
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_BPF_REG; i++)
 		if (regs[i].type == PTR_TO_PACKET && regs[i].id == dst_reg->id)
-			regs[i].range = dst_reg->off;
+			/* keep the maximum range already checked */
+			regs[i].range = max(regs[i].range, dst_reg->off);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_BPF_STACK; i += BPF_REG_SIZE) {
 		if (state->stack_slot_type[i] != STACK_SPILL)
 			continue;
 		reg = &state->spilled_regs[i / BPF_REG_SIZE];
 		if (reg->type == PTR_TO_PACKET && reg->id == dst_reg->id)
-			reg->range = dst_reg->off;
+			reg->range = max(reg->range, dst_reg->off);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
index d1555e4240c0..7d761d4cc759 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
@@ -3417,6 +3417,26 @@ static struct bpf_test tests[] = {
 		.result = ACCEPT,
 		.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_LWT_XMIT,
 	},
+	{
+		"overlapping checks for direct packet access",
+		.insns = {
+			BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_W, BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_1,
+				    offsetof(struct __sk_buff, data)),
+			BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_W, BPF_REG_3, BPF_REG_1,
+				    offsetof(struct __sk_buff, data_end)),
+			BPF_MOV64_REG(BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_2),
+			BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_ADD, BPF_REG_0, 8),
+			BPF_JMP_REG(BPF_JGT, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_3, 4),
+			BPF_MOV64_REG(BPF_REG_1, BPF_REG_2),
+			BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_ADD, BPF_REG_1, 6),
+			BPF_JMP_REG(BPF_JGT, BPF_REG_1, BPF_REG_3, 1),
+			BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_H, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_2, 6),
+			BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
+			BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+		},
+		.result = ACCEPT,
+		.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_LWT_XMIT,
+	},
 	{
 		"invalid access of tc_classid for LWT_IN",
 		.insns = {