diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index 92ead3cf956b..faea8a120ee2 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ ip6ip6_err(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_skb_parm *opt,
 			mtu = IPV6_MIN_MTU;
 		t->dev->mtu = mtu;
 
-		if ((len = sizeof (*ipv6h) + ipv6h->payload_len) > mtu) {
+		if ((len = sizeof (*ipv6h) + ntohs(ipv6h->payload_len)) > mtu) {
 			rel_type = ICMPV6_PKT_TOOBIG;
 			rel_code = 0;
 			rel_info = mtu;