diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index 216b40ccadae..d3fba7d8dec4 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -977,7 +977,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		goto tx_err;
 
 	if (skb->len > dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len) {
-		pskb_trim(skb, dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len);
+		if (pskb_trim(skb, dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len))
+			goto tx_err;
 		truncate = true;
 	}