diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
index ce61231e96ea5f..62dc564b251d5e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
@@ -429,6 +429,9 @@ static int pppoe_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (!skb)
 		goto out;
 
+	if (skb_mac_header_len(skb) < ETH_HLEN)
+		goto drop;
+
 	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct pppoe_hdr)))
 		goto drop;