diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 7e474a85deaf..3b9cd487075a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -629,21 +629,20 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipgre_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 
 	if (dev->header_ops) {
-		const int pull_len = tunnel->hlen + sizeof(struct iphdr);
-
 		if (skb_cow_head(skb, 0))
 			goto free_skb;
 
 		tnl_params = (const struct iphdr *)skb->data;
 
-		if (pull_len > skb_transport_offset(skb))
-			goto free_skb;
-
 		/* Pull skb since ip_tunnel_xmit() needs skb->data pointing
 		 * to gre header.
 		 */
-		skb_pull(skb, pull_len);
+		skb_pull(skb, tunnel->hlen + sizeof(struct iphdr));
 		skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
+
+		if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL &&
+		    skb_checksum_start(skb) < skb->data)
+			goto free_skb;
 	} else {
 		if (skb_cow_head(skb, dev->needed_headroom))
 			goto free_skb;