diff --git a/drivers/net/geneve.c b/drivers/net/geneve.c
index 69e31e2a68fc..4827c6987ac3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/geneve.c
+++ b/drivers/net/geneve.c
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ static struct sk_buff **geneve_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head,
 
 	skb_gro_pull(skb, gh_len);
 	skb_gro_postpull_rcsum(skb, gh, gh_len);
-	pp = ptype->callbacks.gro_receive(head, skb);
+	pp = call_gro_receive(ptype->callbacks.gro_receive, head, skb);
 
 out_unlock:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 003780901628..6fa8e165878e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ static struct sk_buff **vxlan_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head,
 		}
 	}
 
-	pp = eth_gro_receive(head, skb);
+	pp = call_gro_receive(eth_gro_receive, head, skb);
 
 out:
 	skb_gro_remcsum_cleanup(skb, &grc);
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 12b4d54a8ffa..9d6025703f73 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -2003,7 +2003,10 @@ struct napi_gro_cb {
 	/* Used in foo-over-udp, set in udp[46]_gro_receive */
 	u8	is_ipv6:1;
 
-	/* 7 bit hole */
+	/* Number of gro_receive callbacks this packet already went through */
+	u8 recursion_counter:4;
+
+	/* 3 bit hole */
 
 	/* used to support CHECKSUM_COMPLETE for tunneling protocols */
 	__wsum	csum;
@@ -2014,6 +2017,25 @@ struct napi_gro_cb {
 
 #define NAPI_GRO_CB(skb) ((struct napi_gro_cb *)(skb)->cb)
 
+#define GRO_RECURSION_LIMIT 15
+static inline int gro_recursion_inc_test(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return ++NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->recursion_counter == GRO_RECURSION_LIMIT;
+}
+
+typedef struct sk_buff **(*gro_receive_t)(struct sk_buff **, struct sk_buff *);
+static inline struct sk_buff **call_gro_receive(gro_receive_t cb,
+						struct sk_buff **head,
+						struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	if (unlikely(gro_recursion_inc_test(skb))) {
+		NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->flush |= 1;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return cb(head, skb);
+}
+
 struct packet_type {
 	__be16			type;	/* This is really htons(ether_type). */
 	struct net_device	*dev;	/* NULL is wildcarded here	     */
@@ -2059,6 +2081,22 @@ struct udp_offload {
 	struct udp_offload_callbacks callbacks;
 };
 
+typedef struct sk_buff **(*gro_receive_udp_t)(struct sk_buff **,
+					      struct sk_buff *,
+					      struct udp_offload *);
+static inline struct sk_buff **call_gro_receive_udp(gro_receive_udp_t cb,
+						    struct sk_buff **head,
+						    struct sk_buff *skb,
+						    struct udp_offload *uoff)
+{
+	if (unlikely(gro_recursion_inc_test(skb))) {
+		NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->flush |= 1;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return cb(head, skb, uoff);
+}
+
 /* often modified stats are per cpu, other are shared (netdev->stats) */
 struct pcpu_sw_netstats {
 	u64     rx_packets;
diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan.c b/net/8021q/vlan.c
index d2cd9de4b724..ad8d6e6b87ca 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan.c
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static struct sk_buff **vlan_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head,
 
 	skb_gro_pull(skb, sizeof(*vhdr));
 	skb_gro_postpull_rcsum(skb, vhdr, sizeof(*vhdr));
-	pp = ptype->callbacks.gro_receive(head, skb);
+	pp = call_gro_receive(ptype->callbacks.gro_receive, head, skb);
 
 out_unlock:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 5d9ec0458998..d200a7ccbde6 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4240,6 +4240,7 @@ static enum gro_result dev_gro_receive(struct napi_struct *napi, struct sk_buff
 		NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->flush = 0;
 		NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->free = 0;
 		NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->encap_mark = 0;
+		NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->recursion_counter = 0;
 		NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->gro_remcsum_start = 0;
 
 		/* Setup for GRO checksum validation */
diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index 9e63f252a89e..de85d4e1cf43 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ struct sk_buff **eth_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head,
 
 	skb_gro_pull(skb, sizeof(*eh));
 	skb_gro_postpull_rcsum(skb, eh, sizeof(*eh));
-	pp = ptype->callbacks.gro_receive(head, skb);
+	pp = call_gro_receive(ptype->callbacks.gro_receive, head, skb);
 
 out_unlock:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index 1a5c1ca3ad3c..afc18e9ca94a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ static struct sk_buff **inet_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head,
 	skb_gro_pull(skb, sizeof(*iph));
 	skb_set_transport_header(skb, skb_gro_offset(skb));
 
-	pp = ops->callbacks.gro_receive(head, skb);
+	pp = call_gro_receive(ops->callbacks.gro_receive, head, skb);
 
 out_unlock:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fou.c b/net/ipv4/fou.c
index 08d7de55e57e..08d8ee124538 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fou.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fou.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static struct sk_buff **fou_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head,
 	if (!ops || !ops->callbacks.gro_receive)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	pp = ops->callbacks.gro_receive(head, skb);
+	pp = call_gro_receive(ops->callbacks.gro_receive, head, skb);
 
 out_unlock:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static struct sk_buff **gue_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head,
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ops || !ops->callbacks.gro_receive))
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	pp = ops->callbacks.gro_receive(head, skb);
+	pp = call_gro_receive(ops->callbacks.gro_receive, head, skb);
 
 out_unlock:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
diff --git a/net/ipv4/gre_offload.c b/net/ipv4/gre_offload.c
index e603004c1af8..79ae0d7becbf 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/gre_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/gre_offload.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ static struct sk_buff **gre_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head,
 	/* Adjusted NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->csum after skb_gro_pull()*/
 	skb_gro_postpull_rcsum(skb, greh, grehlen);
 
-	pp = ptype->callbacks.gro_receive(head, skb);
+	pp = call_gro_receive(ptype->callbacks.gro_receive, head, skb);
 
 out_unlock:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp_offload.c b/net/ipv4/udp_offload.c
index 0e36e56dfd22..6396f1c80ae9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp_offload.c
@@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ unflush:
 	skb_gro_pull(skb, sizeof(struct udphdr)); /* pull encapsulating udp header */
 	skb_gro_postpull_rcsum(skb, uh, sizeof(struct udphdr));
 	NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->proto = uo_priv->offload->ipproto;
-	pp = uo_priv->offload->callbacks.gro_receive(head, skb,
-						     uo_priv->offload);
+	pp = call_gro_receive_udp(uo_priv->offload->callbacks.gro_receive,
+				  head, skb, uo_priv->offload);
 
 out_unlock:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c
index 82e9f3076028..efe6268b8bc3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static struct sk_buff **ipv6_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head,
 
 	skb_gro_postpull_rcsum(skb, iph, nlen);
 
-	pp = ops->callbacks.gro_receive(head, skb);
+	pp = call_gro_receive(ops->callbacks.gro_receive, head, skb);
 
 out_unlock:
 	rcu_read_unlock();