diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c
index 0747d1cfa333..2c87290fe06c 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c
@@ -901,6 +901,12 @@ static u32 iptfs_reassem_cont(struct xfrm_iptfs_data *xtfs, u64 seq,
 	    iptfs_skb_can_add_frags(newskb, fragwalk, data, copylen)) {
 		iptfs_skb_add_frags(newskb, fragwalk, data, copylen);
 	} else {
+		if (skb_linearize(newskb)) {
+			XFRM_INC_STATS(xs_net(xtfs->x),
+				       LINUX_MIB_XFRMINBUFFERERROR);
+			goto abandon;
+		}
+
 		/* copy fragment data into newskb */
 		if (skb_copy_seq_read(st, data, skb_put(newskb, copylen),
 				      copylen)) {