diff --git a/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c b/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c
index 58da2f4f4397..cd8643360eb3 100644
--- a/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c
+++ b/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ static int xdp_umem_reg(struct xdp_umem *umem, struct xdp_umem_reg *mr)
 	if (mr->flags & XDP_UMEM_TX_METADATA_LEN) {
 		if (mr->tx_metadata_len >= 256 || mr->tx_metadata_len % 8)
 			return -EINVAL;
+		if (mr->tx_metadata_len < 16)
+			return -EINVAL;
 		umem->tx_metadata_len = mr->tx_metadata_len;
 	}