diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index d286e400c0d8..7b7b36c43c82 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3723,6 +3723,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *validate_xmit_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device
 {
 	netdev_features_t features;
 
+	if (!skb_frags_readable(skb))
+		goto out_kfree_skb;
+
 	features = netif_skb_features(skb);
 	skb = validate_xmit_vlan(skb, features);
 	if (unlikely(!skb))