diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index e62de979ee30..fce32f3e42b5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ static int udp_send_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi4 *fl4,
 			kfree_skb(skb);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-		if (skb->len > cork->gso_size * UDP_MAX_SEGMENTS) {
+		if (datalen > cork->gso_size * UDP_MAX_SEGMENTS) {
 			kfree_skb(skb);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}