diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 0ac652fef06d..9612867b70e9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -639,11 +639,11 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipgre_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		if (skb_cow_head(skb, 0))
 			goto free_skb;
 
-		tnl_params = (const struct iphdr *)skb->data;
-
-		if (!pskb_network_may_pull(skb, pull_len))
+		if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, pull_len))
 			goto free_skb;
 
+		tnl_params = (const struct iphdr *)skb->data;
+
 		/* ip_tunnel_xmit() needs skb->data pointing to gre header. */
 		skb_pull(skb, pull_len);
 		skb_reset_mac_header(skb);