diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index ab47c03..3c35fe8 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -2857,6 +2857,29 @@ static inline void skb_reset_transport_header(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	skb->transport_header = skb->data - skb->head;
 }
 
+/**
+ * skb_reset_transport_header_careful - conditionally reset transport header
+ * @skb: buffer to alter
+ *
+ * Hardened version of skb_reset_transport_header().
+ *
+ * Returns: true if the operation was a success.
+ */
+static inline bool __must_check
+skb_reset_transport_header_careful(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	long offset = skb->data - skb->head;
+
+	if (unlikely(offset != (typeof(skb->transport_header))offset))
+		return false;
+
+	if (unlikely(offset == (typeof(skb->transport_header))~0U))
+		return false;
+
+	skb->transport_header = offset;
+	return true;
+}
+
 static inline void skb_set_transport_header(struct sk_buff *skb,
 					    const int offset)
 {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c
index 00dc2e3..f0d4f09 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *ipv6_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	ops = rcu_dereference(inet6_offloads[proto]);
 	if (likely(ops && ops->callbacks.gso_segment)) {
-		skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
+		if (!skb_reset_transport_header_careful(skb))
+			goto out;
+
 		segs = ops->callbacks.gso_segment(skb, features);
 		if (!segs)
 			skb->network_header = skb_mac_header(skb) + nhoff - skb->head;