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;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_strp.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_strp.c
index 621b3b71888e..1d7231728eaf 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_strp.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_strp.c
@@ -431,6 +431,35 @@ static void test_sockmap_strp_verdict(int family, int sotype)
 	test_sockmap_strp__destroy(strp);
 }
 
+static void test_sockmap_strp_parser_reject(void)
+{
+	struct test_sockmap_strp *strp = NULL;
+	int parser_mod, parser_ro, link;
+	int err, map;
+
+	strp = test_sockmap_strp__open_and_load();
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(strp, "test_sockmap_strp__open_and_load"))
+		return;
+
+	map = bpf_map__fd(strp->maps.sock_map);
+	parser_mod = bpf_program__fd(strp->progs.prog_skb_parser_resize);
+	parser_ro = bpf_program__fd(strp->progs.prog_skb_parser);
+
+	err = bpf_prog_attach(parser_mod, map, BPF_SK_SKB_STREAM_PARSER, 0);
+	ASSERT_ERR(err, "bpf_prog_attach parser_mod");
+
+	link = bpf_link_create(parser_ro, map, BPF_SK_SKB_STREAM_PARSER, NULL);
+	if (!ASSERT_GE(link, 0, "bpf_link_create parser_ro"))
+		goto out;
+
+	err = bpf_link_update(link, parser_mod, NULL);
+	ASSERT_ERR(err, "bpf_link_update parser_mod");
+out:
+	if (link >= 0)
+		close(link);
+	test_sockmap_strp__destroy(strp);
+}
+
 void test_sockmap_strp(void)
 {
 	if (test__start_subtest("sockmap strp tcp pass"))
@@ -451,4 +480,6 @@ void test_sockmap_strp(void)
 		test_sockmap_strp_multiple_pkt(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM);
 	if (test__start_subtest("sockmap strp tcp dispatch"))
 		test_sockmap_strp_dispatch_pkt(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM);
+	if (test__start_subtest("sockmap strp parser reject pkt mod"))
+		test_sockmap_strp_parser_reject();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/sockmap_parse_prog.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/sockmap_parse_prog.c
index c9abfe3a11af..56e9aebf05f2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/sockmap_parse_prog.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/sockmap_parse_prog.c
@@ -5,28 +5,6 @@
 SEC("sk_skb1")
 int bpf_prog1(struct __sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	void *data_end = (void *)(long) skb->data_end;
-	void *data = (void *)(long) skb->data;
-	__u8 *d = data;
-	int err;
-
-	if (data + 10 > data_end) {
-		err = bpf_skb_pull_data(skb, 10);
-		if (err)
-			return SK_DROP;
-
-		data_end = (void *)(long)skb->data_end;
-		data = (void *)(long)skb->data;
-		if (data + 10 > data_end)
-			return SK_DROP;
-	}
-
-	/* This write/read is a bit pointless but tests the verifier and
-	 * strparser handler for read/write pkt data and access into sk
-	 * fields.
-	 */
-	d = data;
-	d[7] = 1;
 	return skb->len;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sockmap_strp.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sockmap_strp.c
index dde3d5bec515..fe88fa6d40bc 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sockmap_strp.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sockmap_strp.c
@@ -50,4 +50,11 @@ int prog_skb_parser_partial(struct __sk_buff *skb)
 	return 10;
 }
 
+SEC("sk_skb/stream_parser")
+int prog_skb_parser_resize(struct __sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	bpf_skb_change_tail(skb, skb->len, 0);
+	return skb->len;
+}
+
 char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";