diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 82e520d2cb12..0824e6999e49 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -406,9 +406,13 @@ static struct sk_buff *page_to_skb(struct virtnet_info *vi,
 	offset += hdr_padded_len;
 	p += hdr_padded_len;
 
-	copy = len;
-	if (copy > skb_tailroom(skb))
-		copy = skb_tailroom(skb);
+	/* Copy all frame if it fits skb->head, otherwise
+	 * we let virtio_net_hdr_to_skb() and GRO pull headers as needed.
+	 */
+	if (len <= skb_tailroom(skb))
+		copy = len;
+	else
+		copy = ETH_HLEN + metasize;
 	skb_put_data(skb, p, copy);
 
 	if (metasize) {
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
index 98775d7fa696..b465f8f3e554 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
@@ -65,14 +65,18 @@ static inline int virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 
 	if (hdr->flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM) {
-		u16 start = __virtio16_to_cpu(little_endian, hdr->csum_start);
-		u16 off = __virtio16_to_cpu(little_endian, hdr->csum_offset);
+		u32 start = __virtio16_to_cpu(little_endian, hdr->csum_start);
+		u32 off = __virtio16_to_cpu(little_endian, hdr->csum_offset);
+		u32 needed = start + max_t(u32, thlen, off + sizeof(__sum16));
+
+		if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, needed))
+			return -EINVAL;
 
 		if (!skb_partial_csum_set(skb, start, off))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		p_off = skb_transport_offset(skb) + thlen;
-		if (p_off > skb_headlen(skb))
+		if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, p_off))
 			return -EINVAL;
 	} else {
 		/* gso packets without NEEDS_CSUM do not set transport_offset.
@@ -102,14 +106,14 @@ static inline int virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			}
 
 			p_off = keys.control.thoff + thlen;
-			if (p_off > skb_headlen(skb) ||
+			if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, p_off) ||
 			    keys.basic.ip_proto != ip_proto)
 				return -EINVAL;
 
 			skb_set_transport_header(skb, keys.control.thoff);
 		} else if (gso_type) {
 			p_off = thlen;
-			if (p_off > skb_headlen(skb))
+			if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, p_off))
 				return -EINVAL;
 		}
 	}