diff --git a/net/ipv4/igmp.c b/net/ipv4/igmp.c
index 1023f881091e..cb031e851c12 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/igmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/igmp.c
@@ -355,8 +355,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *igmpv3_newpack(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int mtu)
 	struct flowi4 fl4;
 	int hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
 	int tlen = dev->needed_tailroom;
-	unsigned int size = mtu;
+	unsigned int size;
 
+	size = min(mtu, IP_MAX_MTU);
 	while (1) {
 		skb = alloc_skb(size + hlen + tlen,
 				GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN);