diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 4b3ca6a5ec0a..ec9c47b5a1c8 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -3287,6 +3287,7 @@ int skb_shift(struct sk_buff *tgt, struct sk_buff *skb, int shiftlen);
 void skb_scrub_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, bool xnet);
 unsigned int skb_gso_transport_seglen(const struct sk_buff *skb);
 bool skb_gso_validate_network_len(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int mtu);
+bool skb_gso_validate_mac_len(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len);
 struct sk_buff *skb_segment(struct sk_buff *skb, netdev_features_t features);
 struct sk_buff *skb_vlan_untag(struct sk_buff *skb);
 int skb_ensure_writable(struct sk_buff *skb, int write_len);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 94435cd09072..6c96c26aadbf 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1841,11 +1841,12 @@ bool is_skb_forwardable(const struct net_device *dev, const struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (skb->len <= len)
 		return true;
 
-	/* if TSO is enabled, we don't care about the length as the packet
-	 * could be forwarded without being segmented before
+	/*
+	 * if TSO is enabled, we need to check the size of the
+	 * segmented packets
 	 */
 	if (skb_is_gso(skb))
-		return true;
+		return skb_gso_validate_mac_len(skb, len);
 
 	return false;
 }
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index a93e5c7aa5b2..93f66725c32d 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -4914,37 +4914,74 @@ unsigned int skb_gso_transport_seglen(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_gso_transport_seglen);
 
 /**
- * skb_gso_validate_network_len - Will a split GSO skb fit into a given MTU?
+ * skb_gso_size_check - check the skb size, considering GSO_BY_FRAGS
  *
- * @skb: GSO skb
- * @mtu: MTU to validate against
+ * There are a couple of instances where we have a GSO skb, and we
+ * want to determine what size it would be after it is segmented.
  *
- * skb_gso_validate_network_len validates if a given skb will fit a
- * wanted MTU once split. It considers L3 headers, L4 headers, and the
- * payload.
+ * We might want to check:
+ * -    L3+L4+payload size (e.g. IP forwarding)
+ * - L2+L3+L4+payload size (e.g. sanity check before passing to driver)
+ *
+ * This is a helper to do that correctly considering GSO_BY_FRAGS.
+ *
+ * @seg_len: The segmented length (from skb_gso_*_seglen). In the
+ *           GSO_BY_FRAGS case this will be [header sizes + GSO_BY_FRAGS].
+ *
+ * @max_len: The maximum permissible length.
+ *
+ * Returns true if the segmented length <= max length.
  */
-bool skb_gso_validate_network_len(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int mtu)
-{
+static inline bool skb_gso_size_check(const struct sk_buff *skb,
+				      unsigned int seg_len,
+				      unsigned int max_len) {
 	const struct skb_shared_info *shinfo = skb_shinfo(skb);
 	const struct sk_buff *iter;
-	unsigned int hlen;
-
-	hlen = skb_gso_network_seglen(skb);
 
 	if (shinfo->gso_size != GSO_BY_FRAGS)
-		return hlen <= mtu;
+		return seg_len <= max_len;
 
 	/* Undo this so we can re-use header sizes */
-	hlen -= GSO_BY_FRAGS;
+	seg_len -= GSO_BY_FRAGS;
 
 	skb_walk_frags(skb, iter) {
-		if (hlen + skb_headlen(iter) > mtu)
+		if (seg_len + skb_headlen(iter) > max_len)
 			return false;
 	}
 
 	return true;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_gso_validate_mtu);
+
+/**
+ * skb_gso_validate_network_len - Does an skb fit a given MTU?
+ *
+ * @skb: GSO skb
+ * @mtu: MTU to validate against
+ *
+ * skb_gso_validate_network_len validates if a given skb will fit a
+ * wanted MTU once split. It considers L3 headers, L4 headers, and the
+ * payload.
+ */
+bool skb_gso_validate_network_len(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int mtu)
+{
+	return skb_gso_size_check(skb, skb_gso_network_seglen(skb), mtu);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_gso_validate_network_len);
+
+/**
+ * skb_gso_validate_mac_len - Will a split GSO skb fit in a given length?
+ *
+ * @skb: GSO skb
+ * @len: length to validate against
+ *
+ * skb_gso_validate_mac_len validates if a given skb will fit a wanted
+ * length once split, including L2, L3 and L4 headers and the payload.
+ */
+bool skb_gso_validate_mac_len(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
+{
+	return skb_gso_size_check(skb, skb_gso_mac_seglen(skb), len);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_gso_validate_mac_len);
 
 static struct sk_buff *skb_reorder_vlan_header(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
