diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index a05654a55bd6..e831fe203442 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -2163,6 +2163,10 @@ static bool route_shortcircuit(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 		diff = !ether_addr_equal(eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest, n->ha);
 		if (diff) {
+			if (skb_cow_head(skb, 0)) {
+				neigh_release(n);
+				return false;
+			}
 			memcpy(eth_hdr(skb)->h_source, eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest,
 				dev->addr_len);
 			memcpy(eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest, n->ha, dev->addr_len);