diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
index a960de68ac69..6047058d6703 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ retry:
 		if (gso_type & SKB_GSO_UDP)
 			nh_off -= thlen;
 
+		/* Kernel has a special handling for GSO_BY_FRAGS. */
+		if (gso_size == GSO_BY_FRAGS)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		/* Too small packets are not really GSO ones. */
 		if (skb->len - nh_off > gso_size) {
 			shinfo->gso_size = gso_size;