diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index c82a1472a5ea..d4382b68d56e 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -3870,7 +3870,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_zerocopy_headlen);
  *	Return value:
  *	0: everything is OK
  *	-ENOMEM: couldn't orphan frags of @from due to lack of memory
- *	-EFAULT: skb_copy_bits() found some problem with skb geometry
+ *	-EFAULT: skb_copy_bits() found some problem with skb geometry, or readable head
+ *      payload would be mixed with unreadable frags.
  */
 int
 skb_zerocopy(struct sk_buff *to, struct sk_buff *from, int len, int hlen)
@@ -3905,10 +3906,17 @@ skb_zerocopy(struct sk_buff *to, struct sk_buff *from, int len, int hlen)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (!skb_frags_readable(from) && j > 0 && len) {
+		put_page(virt_to_head_page(from->head));
+		return -EFAULT;
+	}
+
 	skb_len_add(to, len + plen);
 
 	if (unlikely(skb_orphan_frags(from, GFP_ATOMIC))) {
 		skb_tx_error(from);
+		if (j > 0)
+			put_page(virt_to_head_page(from->head));
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	skb_zerocopy_clone(to, from, GFP_ATOMIC);
@@ -3928,6 +3936,9 @@ skb_zerocopy(struct sk_buff *to, struct sk_buff *from, int len, int hlen)
 	}
 	skb_shinfo(to)->nr_frags = j;
 
+	if (i > 0 && from->unreadable)
+		to->unreadable = 1;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_zerocopy);
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index 69999f9cc44c..f2d5b5ab38de 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -467,6 +467,9 @@ static int queue_userspace_packet(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (!dp_ifindex)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	if (!skb_frags_readable(skb))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
 	if (skb_vlan_tag_present(skb)) {
 		nskb = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!nskb)