diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 914cc941af55..22a26d1d29a0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -690,7 +690,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t erspan_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		goto free_skb;
 
 	if (skb->len > dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len) {
-		pskb_trim(skb, dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len);
+		if (pskb_trim(skb, dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len))
+			goto free_skb;
 		truncate = true;
 	}