diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c b/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
index e36627a65424..74777a687eb5 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ void nft_payload_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 		if (!skb_mac_header_was_set(skb) || skb_mac_header_len(skb) == 0)
 			goto err;
 
-		if (skb_vlan_tag_present(skb)) {
+		if (skb_vlan_tag_present(skb) &&
+		    priv->offset >= offsetof(struct ethhdr, h_proto)) {
 			if (!nft_payload_copy_vlan(dest, skb,
 						   priv->offset, priv->len))
 				goto err;