diff --git a/drivers/net/tap.c b/drivers/net/tap.c
index c0b52e48f0e6..2ea9b4976f4a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tap.c
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ static ssize_t tap_get_user(struct tap_queue *q, void *msg_control,
 			goto err_kfree;
 	}
 
-	skb_probe_transport_header(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+	skb_probe_transport_header(skb);
 
 	/* Move network header to the right position for VLAN tagged packets */
 	if ((skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_8021Q) ||
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ static int tap_get_user_xdp(struct tap_queue *q, struct xdp_buff *xdp)
 	tap = rcu_dereference(q->tap);
 	if (tap) {
 		skb->dev = tap->dev;
-		skb_probe_transport_header(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+		skb_probe_transport_header(skb);
 		dev_queue_xmit(skb);
 	} else {
 		kfree_skb(skb);
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index fed298c0cb39..80bff1b4ec17 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -1929,7 +1929,7 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
 	}
 
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
-	skb_probe_transport_header(skb, 0);
+	skb_probe_transport_header(skb);
 
 	if (skb_xdp) {
 		struct bpf_prog *xdp_prog;
@@ -2482,7 +2482,7 @@ build:
 
 	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, tun->dev);
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
-	skb_probe_transport_header(skb, 0);
+	skb_probe_transport_header(skb);
 
 	if (skb_xdp) {
 		err = do_xdp_generic(xdp_prog, skb);
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
index 80aae3a32c2a..c801a832851c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
@@ -1169,15 +1169,24 @@ static int xenvif_tx_submit(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		skb_probe_transport_header(skb, 0);
+		skb_probe_transport_header(skb);
 
 		/* If the packet is GSO then we will have just set up the
 		 * transport header offset in checksum_setup so it's now
 		 * straightforward to calculate gso_segs.
 		 */
 		if (skb_is_gso(skb)) {
-			int mss = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size;
-			int hdrlen = skb_transport_header(skb) -
+			int mss, hdrlen;
+
+			/* GSO implies having the L4 header. */
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(!skb_transport_header_was_set(skb));
+			if (unlikely(!skb_transport_header_was_set(skb))) {
+				kfree_skb(skb);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			mss = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size;
+			hdrlen = skb_transport_header(skb) -
 				skb_mac_header(skb) +
 				tcp_hdrlen(skb);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 2069fb90a559..27beb549ffbe 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -2429,8 +2429,7 @@ static inline void skb_pop_mac_header(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	skb->mac_header = skb->network_header;
 }
 
-static inline void skb_probe_transport_header(struct sk_buff *skb,
-					      const int offset_hint)
+static inline void skb_probe_transport_header(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct flow_keys_basic keys;
 
@@ -2439,8 +2438,6 @@ static inline void skb_probe_transport_header(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	if (skb_flow_dissect_flow_keys_basic(skb, &keys, NULL, 0, 0, 0, 0))
 		skb_set_transport_header(skb, keys.control.thoff);
-	else if (offset_hint >= 0)
-		skb_set_transport_header(skb, offset_hint);
 }
 
 static inline void skb_mac_header_rebuild(struct sk_buff *skb)
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
index 71f2394abbf7..6728bf581e98 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static inline int virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		 * probe and drop if does not match one of the above types.
 		 */
 		if (gso_type) {
-			skb_probe_transport_header(skb, -1);
+			skb_probe_transport_header(skb);
 			if (!skb_transport_header_was_set(skb))
 				return -EINVAL;
 		}
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 1cd1d83a4be0..6afd6369d19e 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -1970,7 +1970,7 @@ retry:
 	if (unlikely(extra_len == 4))
 		skb->no_fcs = 1;
 
-	skb_probe_transport_header(skb, 0);
+	skb_probe_transport_header(skb);
 
 	dev_queue_xmit(skb);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -2519,7 +2519,7 @@ static int tpacket_fill_skb(struct packet_sock *po, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		len = ((to_write > len_max) ? len_max : to_write);
 	}
 
-	skb_probe_transport_header(skb, 0);
+	skb_probe_transport_header(skb);
 
 	return tp_len;
 }
@@ -2925,7 +2925,7 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 		virtio_net_hdr_set_proto(skb, &vnet_hdr);
 	}
 
-	skb_probe_transport_header(skb, reserve);
+	skb_probe_transport_header(skb);
 
 	if (unlikely(extra_len == 4))
 		skb->no_fcs = 1;