diff --git a/net/ipv4/esp4.c b/net/ipv4/esp4.c
index 2be2d4922557..d18f0f092fe7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/esp4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/esp4.c
@@ -732,7 +732,9 @@ static inline int esp_remove_trailer(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		skb->csum = csum_block_sub(skb->csum, csumdiff,
 					   skb->len - trimlen);
 	}
-	pskb_trim(skb, skb->len - trimlen);
+	ret = pskb_trim(skb, skb->len - trimlen);
+	if (unlikely(ret))
+		return ret;
 
 	ret = nexthdr[1];