diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 08d9915d50c0..466d6273da9f 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -5515,7 +5515,7 @@ int skb_mpls_push(struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 mpls_lse, __be16 mpls_proto,
 	lse->label_stack_entry = mpls_lse;
 	skb_postpush_rcsum(skb, lse, MPLS_HLEN);
 
-	if (ethernet)
+	if (ethernet && mac_len >= ETH_HLEN)
 		skb_mod_eth_type(skb, eth_hdr(skb), mpls_proto);
 	skb->protocol = mpls_proto;
 
@@ -5555,7 +5555,7 @@ int skb_mpls_pop(struct sk_buff *skb, __be16 next_proto, int mac_len,
 	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 	skb_set_network_header(skb, mac_len);
 
-	if (ethernet) {
+	if (ethernet && mac_len >= ETH_HLEN) {
 		struct ethhdr *hdr;
 
 		/* use mpls_hdr() to get ethertype to account for VLANs. */