diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index d0945253f43b..3b1a78906bc0 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -2887,7 +2887,8 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 			goto out_free;
 	} else if (reserve) {
 		skb_reserve(skb, -reserve);
-		if (len < reserve)
+		if (len < reserve + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) &&
+		    dev->min_header_len != dev->hard_header_len)
 			skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 	}