diff --git a/net/sctp/inqueue.c b/net/sctp/inqueue.c
index 5f988b3a8814..d666cec6b194 100644
--- a/net/sctp/inqueue.c
+++ b/net/sctp/inqueue.c
@@ -212,8 +212,10 @@ struct sctp_chunk *sctp_inq_pop(struct sctp_inq *queue)
 	chunk->chunk_end = ((__u8 *)ch) + SCTP_PAD4(ntohs(ch->length));
 	skb_pull(chunk->skb, sizeof(*ch));
 	chunk->subh.v = NULL; /* Subheader is no longer valid.  */
-
-	if (chunk->chunk_end + sizeof(*ch) <= skb_tail_pointer(chunk->skb)) {
+	if (unlikely(ntohs(ch->length) < sizeof(*ch))) {
+		chunk->pdiscard = 1;
+	} else if (chunk->chunk_end + sizeof(*ch) <=
+		   skb_tail_pointer(chunk->skb)) {
 		/* This is not a singleton */
 		chunk->singleton = 0;
 	} else if (chunk->chunk_end > skb_tail_pointer(chunk->skb)) {