diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index dd5ba0c11ab3..fed6becc5daf 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@
 #define L2TP_SLFLAG_S	   0x40000000
 #define L2TP_SL_SEQ_MASK   0x00ffffff
 
-#define L2TP_HDR_SIZE_SEQ		10
-#define L2TP_HDR_SIZE_NOSEQ		6
+#define L2TP_HDR_SIZE_MAX		14
 
 /* Default trace flags */
 #define L2TP_DEFAULT_DEBUG_FLAGS	0
@@ -808,7 +807,7 @@ static int l2tp_udp_recv_core(struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	__skb_pull(skb, sizeof(struct udphdr));
 
 	/* Short packet? */
-	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, L2TP_HDR_SIZE_SEQ)) {
+	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, L2TP_HDR_SIZE_MAX)) {
 		l2tp_info(tunnel, L2TP_MSG_DATA,
 			  "%s: recv short packet (len=%d)\n",
 			  tunnel->name, skb->len);