diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 9981d637f8b5..8840b126979f 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -300,9 +300,11 @@ struct hh_cache {
  * We could use other alignment values, but we must maintain the
  * relationship HH alignment <= LL alignment.
  */
-#define LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev) \
-	((((dev)->hard_header_len + READ_ONCE((dev)->needed_headroom)) \
+#define LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX(dev, hlen) \
+	((((hlen) + READ_ONCE((dev)->needed_headroom)) \
 	  & ~(HH_DATA_MOD - 1)) + HH_DATA_MOD)
+#define LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev) \
+	LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX(dev, (dev)->hard_header_len)
 #define LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EXTRA(dev,extra) \
 	((((dev)->hard_header_len + READ_ONCE((dev)->needed_headroom) + (extra)) \
 	  & ~(HH_DATA_MOD - 1)) + HH_DATA_MOD)
@@ -3531,11 +3533,6 @@ static inline bool dev_validate_header(const struct net_device *dev,
 	if (len < dev->min_header_len)
 		return false;
 
-	if (capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) {
-		memset(ll_header + len, 0, dev->hard_header_len - len);
-		return true;
-	}
-
 	if (dev->header_ops && dev->header_ops->validate)
 		return dev->header_ops->validate(ll_header, len);
 
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 0e1355be89f6..435756877aba 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -1966,8 +1966,9 @@ static int packet_sendmsg_spkt(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct sockcm_cookie sockc;
 	__be16 proto = 0;
-	int err;
+	int hard_header_len;
 	int extra_len = 0;
+	int err;
 
 	/*
 	 *	Get and verify the address.
@@ -2010,14 +2011,18 @@ static int packet_sendmsg_spkt(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 		extra_len = 4; /* We're doing our own CRC */
 	}
 
+	/* Keep the allocation-time header length across retry. */
+	if (!skb)
+		hard_header_len = READ_ONCE(dev->hard_header_len);
+
 	err = -EMSGSIZE;
-	if (len > dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len + VLAN_HLEN + extra_len)
+	if (len > dev->mtu + hard_header_len + VLAN_HLEN + extra_len)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	if (!skb) {
-		size_t reserved = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
+		size_t reserved = LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX(dev, hard_header_len);
 		int tlen = dev->needed_tailroom;
-		unsigned int hhlen = dev->header_ops ? dev->hard_header_len : 0;
+		unsigned int hhlen = dev->header_ops ? hard_header_len : 0;
 
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		skb = sock_wmalloc(sk, len + reserved + tlen, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -2047,7 +2052,7 @@ static int packet_sendmsg_spkt(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
-	if (len > (dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len + extra_len) &&
+	if (len > (dev->mtu + hard_header_len + extra_len) &&
 	    !packet_extra_vlan_len_allowed(dev, skb)) {
 		err = -EMSGSIZE;
 		goto out_unlock;
@@ -2582,6 +2587,7 @@ static int packet_snd_vnet_parse(struct msghdr *msg, size_t *len,
 static int tpacket_fill_skb(struct packet_sock *po, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		void *frame, struct net_device *dev, void *data, int tp_len,
 		__be16 proto, unsigned char *addr, int hlen, int copylen,
+		int hard_header_len,
 		const struct sockcm_cookie *sockc)
 {
 	union tpacket_uhdr ph;
@@ -2613,8 +2619,8 @@ static int tpacket_fill_skb(struct packet_sock *po, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	} else if (copylen) {
 		int hdrlen = min_t(int, copylen, tp_len);
 
-		skb_push(skb, dev->hard_header_len);
-		skb_put(skb, copylen - dev->hard_header_len);
+		skb_push(skb, hard_header_len);
+		skb_put(skb, copylen - hard_header_len);
 		err = skb_store_bits(skb, 0, data, hdrlen);
 		if (unlikely(err))
 			return err;
@@ -2745,7 +2751,7 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
 	void *data;
 	int len_sum = 0;
 	int status = TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE;
-	int hlen, tlen, copylen = 0;
+	int hard_header_len, hlen, tlen, copylen = 0;
 	long timeo;
 
 	mutex_lock(&po->pg_vec_lock);
@@ -2792,8 +2798,9 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
 			goto out_put;
 	}
 
+	hard_header_len = READ_ONCE(dev->hard_header_len);
 	if (po->sk.sk_socket->type == SOCK_RAW)
-		reserve = dev->hard_header_len;
+		reserve = hard_header_len;
 	size_max = po->tx_ring.frame_size
 		- (po->tp_hdrlen - sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll));
 
@@ -2830,7 +2837,7 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
 			goto tpacket_error;
 
 		status = TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST;
-		hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
+		hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX(dev, hard_header_len);
 		tlen = dev->needed_tailroom;
 		if (vnet_hdr_sz) {
 			data += vnet_hdr_sz;
@@ -2848,10 +2855,10 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
 						    vnet_hdr.hdr_len);
 			has_vnet_hdr = true;
 		}
-		copylen = max_t(int, copylen, dev->hard_header_len);
+		copylen = max_t(int, copylen, hard_header_len);
 		skb = sock_alloc_send_skb(&po->sk,
 				hlen + tlen + sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll) +
-				(copylen - dev->hard_header_len),
+				(copylen - hard_header_len),
 				!need_wait, &err);
 
 		if (unlikely(skb == NULL)) {
@@ -2861,7 +2868,8 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
 			goto out_status;
 		}
 		tp_len = tpacket_fill_skb(po, skb, ph, dev, data, tp_len, proto,
-					  addr, hlen, copylen, &sockc);
+					  addr, hlen, copylen, hard_header_len,
+					  &sockc);
 		if (likely(tp_len >= 0) &&
 		    tp_len > dev->mtu + reserve &&
 		    !vnet_hdr_sz &&
@@ -2969,7 +2977,7 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	int offset = 0;
 	struct packet_sock *po = pkt_sk(sk);
 	int vnet_hdr_sz = READ_ONCE(po->vnet_hdr_sz);
-	int hlen, tlen, linear;
+	int hard_header_len, hlen, tlen, linear;
 	int extra_len = 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -3009,8 +3017,9 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 			goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
+	hard_header_len = READ_ONCE(dev->hard_header_len);
 	if (sock->type == SOCK_RAW)
-		reserve = dev->hard_header_len;
+		reserve = hard_header_len;
 	if (vnet_hdr_sz) {
 		err = packet_snd_vnet_parse(msg, &len, &vnet_hdr, vnet_hdr_sz);
 		if (err)
@@ -3031,10 +3040,10 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	err = -ENOBUFS;
-	hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
+	hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX(dev, hard_header_len);
 	tlen = dev->needed_tailroom;
 	linear = __virtio16_to_cpu(vio_le(), vnet_hdr.hdr_len);
-	linear = max(linear, min_t(int, len, dev->hard_header_len));
+	linear = max(linear, min_t(int, len, hard_header_len));
 	skb = packet_alloc_skb(sk, hlen + tlen, hlen, len, linear,
 			       msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT, &err);
 	if (skb == NULL)
@@ -3050,7 +3059,7 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	} else if (reserve) {
 		skb_reserve(skb, -reserve);
 		if (len < reserve + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) &&
-		    dev->min_header_len != dev->hard_header_len)
+		    dev->min_header_len != hard_header_len)
 			skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 	}