diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
index 77a16d5ebd54..8f035087f0ee 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ static void internal_dev_destroy(struct vport *vport)
 static int internal_dev_recv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct net_device *netdev = skb->dev;
+	enum skb_drop_reason reason;
 
 	if (unlikely(!(netdev->flags & IFF_UP))) {
 		kfree_skb(skb);
@@ -199,7 +200,12 @@ static int internal_dev_recv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	nf_reset_ct(skb);
 
 	skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST;
-	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, netdev);
+	reason = eth_type_trans_careful(skb, netdev);
+	if (unlikely(reason)) {
+		dev_core_stats_rx_dropped_inc(netdev);
+		kfree_skb_reason(skb, reason);
+		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+	}
 	skb_postpull_rcsum(skb, eth_hdr(skb), ETH_HLEN);
 	dev_sw_netstats_rx_add(netdev, skb->len);