diff --git a/net/core/sock_map.c b/net/core/sock_map.c
index 99e3789492a0..c60ba6d292f9 100644
--- a/net/core/sock_map.c
+++ b/net/core/sock_map.c
@@ -1515,6 +1515,17 @@ static int sock_map_prog_link_lookup(struct bpf_map *map, struct bpf_prog ***ppr
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int sock_map_prog_attach_check(enum bpf_attach_type attach_type,
+				      struct bpf_prog *prog)
+{
+	/* A stream parser must not modify the skb, only measure it. */
+	if (prog && attach_type == BPF_SK_SKB_STREAM_PARSER &&
+	    prog->aux->changes_pkt_data)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* Handle the following four cases:
  * prog_attach: prog != NULL, old == NULL, link == NULL
  * prog_detach: prog == NULL, old != NULL, link == NULL
@@ -1533,6 +1544,10 @@ static int sock_map_prog_update(struct bpf_map *map, struct bpf_prog *prog,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	ret = sock_map_prog_attach_check(which, prog);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	/* for prog_attach/prog_detach/link_attach, return error if a bpf_link
 	 * exists for that prog.
 	 */
@@ -1776,6 +1791,11 @@ static int sock_map_link_update_prog(struct bpf_link *link,
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
+
+	ret = sock_map_prog_attach_check(link->attach_type, prog);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
 	if (!sockmap_link->map) {
 		ret = -ENOLINK;
 		goto out;