diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index f25fa75fe651..7f9f2d0ef0e6 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -1899,8 +1899,10 @@ static void packet_parse_headers(struct sk_buff *skb, struct socket *sock)
 	/* Move network header to the right position for VLAN tagged packets */
 	if (likely(skb->dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER) &&
 	    eth_type_vlan(skb->protocol) &&
-	    __vlan_get_protocol(skb, skb->protocol, &depth) != 0)
-		skb_set_network_header(skb, depth);
+	    __vlan_get_protocol(skb, skb->protocol, &depth) != 0) {
+		if (pskb_may_pull(skb, depth))
+			skb_set_network_header(skb, depth);
+	}
 
 	skb_probe_transport_header(skb);
 }