diff --git a/net/sched/act_mirred.c b/net/sched/act_mirred.c
index 8c1d73661cc4..c3fce36633b2 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_mirred.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_mirred.c
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 static LIST_HEAD(mirred_list);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(mirred_list_lock);
 
+#define MIRRED_RECURSION_LIMIT    4
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, mirred_rec_level);
+
 static bool tcf_mirred_is_act_redirect(int action)
 {
 	return action == TCA_EGRESS_REDIR || action == TCA_INGRESS_REDIR;
@@ -210,6 +213,7 @@ static int tcf_mirred_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
 	struct sk_buff *skb2 = skb;
 	bool m_mac_header_xmit;
 	struct net_device *dev;
+	unsigned int rec_level;
 	int retval, err = 0;
 	bool use_reinsert;
 	bool want_ingress;
@@ -217,6 +221,14 @@ static int tcf_mirred_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
 	int m_eaction;
 	int mac_len;
 
+	rec_level = __this_cpu_inc_return(mirred_rec_level);
+	if (unlikely(rec_level > MIRRED_RECURSION_LIMIT)) {
+		net_warn_ratelimited("Packet exceeded mirred recursion limit on dev %s\n",
+				     netdev_name(skb->dev));
+		__this_cpu_dec(mirred_rec_level);
+		return TC_ACT_SHOT;
+	}
+
 	tcf_lastuse_update(&m->tcf_tm);
 	bstats_cpu_update(this_cpu_ptr(m->common.cpu_bstats), skb);
 
@@ -278,6 +290,7 @@ static int tcf_mirred_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
 			res->ingress = want_ingress;
 			res->qstats = this_cpu_ptr(m->common.cpu_qstats);
 			skb_tc_reinsert(skb, res);
+			__this_cpu_dec(mirred_rec_level);
 			return TC_ACT_CONSUMED;
 		}
 	}
@@ -293,6 +306,7 @@ out:
 		if (tcf_mirred_is_act_redirect(m_eaction))
 			retval = TC_ACT_SHOT;
 	}
+	__this_cpu_dec(mirred_rec_level);
 
 	return retval;
 }