diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index c4f5602308ed..284a22154b4e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
@@ -627,6 +627,7 @@ void ip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 		    const struct iphdr *tnl_params, u8 protocol)
 {
 	struct ip_tunnel *tunnel = netdev_priv(dev);
+	unsigned int inner_nhdr_len = 0;
 	const struct iphdr *inner_iph;
 	struct flowi4 fl4;
 	u8     tos, ttl;
@@ -636,6 +637,14 @@ void ip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	__be32 dst;
 	bool connected;
 
+	/* ensure we can access the inner net header, for several users below */
+	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
+		inner_nhdr_len = sizeof(struct iphdr);
+	else if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6))
+		inner_nhdr_len = sizeof(struct ipv6hdr);
+	if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb, inner_nhdr_len)))
+		goto tx_error;
+
 	inner_iph = (const struct iphdr *)skb_inner_network_header(skb);
 	connected = (tunnel->parms.iph.daddr != 0);