diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
index 27cc1d464321..4dfa9b69ca8d 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #define _LINUX_VIRTIO_NET_H
 
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
+#include <linux/ip.h>
+#include <linux/ipv6.h>
 #include <linux/udp.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/tcp.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/virtio_net.h>
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ static inline int virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
 					const struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr,
 					bool little_endian)
 {
+	unsigned int nh_min_len = sizeof(struct iphdr);
 	unsigned int gso_type = 0;
 	unsigned int thlen = 0;
 	unsigned int p_off = 0;
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ static inline int virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			gso_type = SKB_GSO_TCPV6;
 			ip_proto = IPPROTO_TCP;
 			thlen = sizeof(struct tcphdr);
+			nh_min_len = sizeof(struct ipv6hdr);
 			break;
 		case VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_UDP:
 			gso_type = SKB_GSO_UDP;
@@ -100,7 +104,8 @@ static inline int virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		if (!skb_partial_csum_set(skb, start, off))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		p_off = skb_transport_offset(skb) + thlen;
+		nh_min_len = max_t(u32, nh_min_len, skb_transport_offset(skb));
+		p_off = nh_min_len + thlen;
 		if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, p_off))
 			return -EINVAL;
 	} else {
@@ -140,7 +145,7 @@ static inline int virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 			skb_set_transport_header(skb, keys.control.thoff);
 		} else if (gso_type) {
-			p_off = thlen;
+			p_off = nh_min_len + thlen;
 			if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, p_off))
 				return -EINVAL;
 		}