diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index cbd719e5329a..ae598ed86b50 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -2328,6 +2328,14 @@ static inline void skb_set_tail_pointer(struct sk_buff *skb, const int offset)
 
 #endif /* NET_SKBUFF_DATA_USES_OFFSET */
 
+static inline void skb_assert_len(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_NET
+	if (WARN_ONCE(!skb->len, "%s\n", __func__))
+		DO_ONCE_LITE(skb_dump, KERN_ERR, skb, false);
+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_NET */
+}
+
 /*
  *	Add data to an sk_buff
  */
diff --git a/net/bpf/test_run.c b/net/bpf/test_run.c
index 655ee0e2de86..a9fb16b9c735 100644
--- a/net/bpf/test_run.c
+++ b/net/bpf/test_run.c
@@ -469,6 +469,9 @@ static int convert___skb_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct __sk_buff *__skb)
 {
 	struct qdisc_skb_cb *cb = (struct qdisc_skb_cb *)skb->cb;
 
+	if (!skb->len)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (!__skb)
 		return 0;
 
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 276cca563325..be51644e95da 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4147,6 +4147,7 @@ static int __dev_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *sb_dev)
 	bool again = false;
 
 	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
+	skb_assert_len(skb);
 
 	if (unlikely(skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_SCHED_TSTAMP))
 		__skb_tstamp_tx(skb, NULL, NULL, skb->sk, SCM_TSTAMP_SCHED);