diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
index e8a924eeea3d0..6b5fcfa1e5553 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
@@ -79,8 +79,13 @@ static inline int virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		if (gso_type && skb->network_header) {
 			struct flow_keys_basic keys;
 
-			if (!skb->protocol)
+			if (!skb->protocol) {
+				__be16 protocol = dev_parse_header_protocol(skb);
+
 				virtio_net_hdr_set_proto(skb, hdr);
+				if (protocol && protocol != skb->protocol)
+					return -EINVAL;
+			}
 retry:
 			if (!skb_flow_dissect_flow_keys_basic(NULL, skb, &keys,
 							      NULL, 0, 0, 0,