diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 320e976d5ab861b9e143476ae7dcd4b87956854e..8b2256e880e0ea135892b2deb5f5957dfc7568e9 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1492,6 +1492,11 @@ static inline void skb_set_inner_network_header(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	skb->inner_network_header += offset;
 }
 
+static inline bool skb_transport_header_was_set(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return skb->transport_header != ~0U;
+}
+
 static inline unsigned char *skb_transport_header(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	return skb->head + skb->transport_header;
@@ -1580,6 +1585,11 @@ static inline void skb_set_inner_network_header(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	skb->inner_network_header = skb->data + offset;
 }
 
+static inline bool skb_transport_header_was_set(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return skb->transport_header != NULL;
+}
+
 static inline unsigned char *skb_transport_header(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	return skb->transport_header;
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index a51ccf46e8b737e07683f08b1b9f298b8177f033..2e2448201a769208433959b817262f3f92b3da42 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3352,7 +3352,8 @@ static int __netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	orig_dev = skb->dev;
 
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
-	skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
+	if (!skb_transport_header_was_set(skb))
+		skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
 	skb_reset_mac_len(skb);
 
 	pt_prev = NULL;
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index b03fc0c6a952986fe144e7d19ba42e8338a379cb..1e1b9ea0296df429363f8caf68acab89b43967fe 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ struct sk_buff *__alloc_skb(unsigned int size, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	skb->end = skb->tail + size;
 #ifdef NET_SKBUFF_DATA_USES_OFFSET
 	skb->mac_header = ~0U;
+	skb->transport_header = ~0U;
 #endif
 
 	/* make sure we initialize shinfo sequentially */
@@ -328,6 +329,7 @@ struct sk_buff *build_skb(void *data, unsigned int frag_size)
 	skb->end = skb->tail + size;
 #ifdef NET_SKBUFF_DATA_USES_OFFSET
 	skb->mac_header = ~0U;
+	skb->transport_header = ~0U;
 #endif
 
 	/* make sure we initialize shinfo sequentially */