diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index aa8d6e72ad98b..7d54808a1e8f9 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -2837,6 +2837,11 @@ static inline void skb_set_inner_network_header(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	skb->inner_network_header += offset;
 }
 
+static inline bool skb_inner_network_header_was_set(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return skb->inner_network_header > 0;
+}
+
 static inline unsigned char *skb_inner_mac_header(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	return skb->head + skb->inner_mac_header;
diff --git a/net/mpls/mpls_gso.c b/net/mpls/mpls_gso.c
index 533d082f0701e..45d1e6a157fc7 100644
--- a/net/mpls/mpls_gso.c
+++ b/net/mpls/mpls_gso.c
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *mpls_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	__be16 mpls_protocol;
 	unsigned int mpls_hlen;
 
+	if (!skb_inner_network_header_was_set(skb))
+		goto out;
+
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 	mpls_hlen = skb_inner_network_header(skb) - skb_network_header(skb);
 	if (unlikely(!mpls_hlen || mpls_hlen % MPLS_HLEN))