diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 52690bb3e40f..10636fb6093e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -509,9 +509,9 @@ static void erspan_fb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	key = &tun_info->key;
 	if (!(tun_info->key.tun_flags & TUNNEL_ERSPAN_OPT))
 		goto err_free_skb;
-	md = ip_tunnel_info_opts(tun_info);
-	if (!md)
+	if (tun_info->options_len < sizeof(*md))
 		goto err_free_skb;
+	md = ip_tunnel_info_opts(tun_info);
 
 	/* ERSPAN has fixed 8 byte GRE header */
 	version = md->version;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index 787d9f2a6e99..923034c52ce4 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -980,9 +980,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		dsfield = key->tos;
 		if (!(tun_info->key.tun_flags & TUNNEL_ERSPAN_OPT))
 			goto tx_err;
-		md = ip_tunnel_info_opts(tun_info);
-		if (!md)
+		if (tun_info->options_len < sizeof(*md))
 			goto tx_err;
+		md = ip_tunnel_info_opts(tun_info);
 
 		tun_id = tunnel_id_to_key32(key->tun_id);
 		if (md->version == 1) {