diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index 4a22d9f23425..915b210c4512 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -539,6 +539,12 @@ static netdev_tx_t reg_vif_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	};
 	int err;
 
+	if (skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_IP) || !pskb_inet_may_pull(skb)) {
+		DEV_STATS_INC(dev, tx_errors);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+	}
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	err = ipmr_fib_lookup(net, &fl4, &mrt);
 	if (err < 0) {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
index 3a551be30f15..a628acf50b0d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t reg_vif_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		.flowi6_mark	= skb->mark,
 	};
 
-	if (!pskb_inet_may_pull(skb))
+	if (skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_IPV6) || !pskb_inet_may_pull(skb))
 		goto tx_err;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();