diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 421f6fc45451..c8e21903074c 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -4372,7 +4372,10 @@ skb_header_pointer_careful(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
 static inline void * __must_check
 skb_pointer_if_linear(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset, int len)
 {
-	if (likely(skb_headlen(skb) - offset >= len))
+	unsigned int uoffset = (unsigned int)offset;
+
+	if (likely(uoffset <= skb_headlen(skb) &&
+		   (unsigned int)len <= skb_headlen(skb) - uoffset))
 		return skb->data + offset;
 	return NULL;
 }