diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index 0c356e0a61ef01..f409c5e974f02e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -2716,6 +2716,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t vxlan_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	struct vxlan_dev *vxlan = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct vxlan_rdst *rdst, *fdst = NULL;
 	const struct ip_tunnel_info *info;
+	enum skb_drop_reason reason;
 	struct vxlan_fdb *f;
 	struct ethhdr *eth;
 	__be32 vni = 0;
@@ -2740,6 +2741,15 @@ static netdev_tx_t vxlan_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		}
 	}
 
+	reason = pskb_may_pull_reason(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+	if (unlikely(reason != SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET)) {
+		dev_core_stats_tx_dropped_inc(dev);
+		vxlan_vnifilter_count(vxlan, vni, NULL,
+				      VXLAN_VNI_STATS_TX_DROPS, 0);
+		kfree_skb_reason(skb, reason);
+		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+	}
+
 	if (vxlan->cfg.flags & VXLAN_F_PROXY) {
 		eth = eth_hdr(skb);
 		if (ntohs(eth->h_proto) == ETH_P_ARP)