diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index 9b8b209b780a..d1f819238414 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -829,8 +829,8 @@ static int __ip6_tnl_rcv(struct ip6_tnl *tunnel, struct sk_buff *skb,
 						struct sk_buff *skb),
 			 bool log_ecn_err)
 {
-	const struct ipv6hdr *ipv6h = ipv6_hdr(skb);
-	int err;
+	const struct ipv6hdr *ipv6h;
+	int nh, err;
 
 	if ((!(tpi->flags & TUNNEL_CSUM) &&
 	     (tunnel->parms.i_flags & TUNNEL_CSUM)) ||
@@ -862,14 +862,29 @@ static int __ip6_tnl_rcv(struct ip6_tnl *tunnel, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			goto drop;
 		}
 
-		ipv6h = ipv6_hdr(skb);
 		skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, tunnel->dev);
 		skb_postpull_rcsum(skb, eth_hdr(skb), ETH_HLEN);
 	} else {
 		skb->dev = tunnel->dev;
 	}
 
+	/* Save offset of outer header relative to skb->head,
+	 * because we are going to reset the network header to the inner header
+	 * and might change skb->head.
+	 */
+	nh = skb_network_header(skb) - skb->head;
+
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
+
+	if (!pskb_inet_may_pull(skb)) {
+		DEV_STATS_INC(tunnel->dev, rx_length_errors);
+		DEV_STATS_INC(tunnel->dev, rx_errors);
+		goto drop;
+	}
+
+	/* Get the outer header. */
+	ipv6h = (struct ipv6hdr *)(skb->head + nh);
+
 	memset(skb->cb, 0, sizeof(struct inet6_skb_parm));
 
 	__skb_tunnel_rx(skb, tunnel->dev, tunnel->net);