diff --git a/net/ipv6/udp.c b/net/ipv6/udp.c
index 818fc9975625..a71bfa5b0277 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/udp.c
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ static int udp_v6_send_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi6 *fl6,
 			kfree_skb(skb);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-		if (skb->len > cork->gso_size * UDP_MAX_SEGMENTS) {
+		if (datalen > cork->gso_size * UDP_MAX_SEGMENTS) {
 			kfree_skb(skb);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}