diff --git a/net/bpf/test_run.c b/net/bpf/test_run.c
index 1e598c858a14..b4a912ed8f2e 100644
--- a/net/bpf/test_run.c
+++ b/net/bpf/test_run.c
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ static void *bpf_test_init(const union bpf_attr *kattr, u32 user_size,
 	void __user *data_in = u64_to_user_ptr(kattr->test.data_in);
 	void *data;
 
-	if (user_size < ETH_HLEN || user_size > PAGE_SIZE - headroom - tailroom)
+	if (user_size > PAGE_SIZE - headroom - tailroom)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
 	size = SKB_DATA_ALIGN(size);
@@ -964,6 +964,9 @@ int bpf_prog_test_run_skb(struct bpf_prog *prog, const union bpf_attr *kattr,
 	if (kattr->test.flags || kattr->test.cpu || kattr->test.batch_size)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (size < ETH_HLEN)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	data = bpf_test_init(kattr, kattr->test.data_size_in,
 			     size, NET_SKB_PAD + NET_IP_ALIGN,
 			     SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info)));
@@ -1144,7 +1147,7 @@ int bpf_prog_test_run_xdp(struct bpf_prog *prog, const union bpf_attr *kattr,
 {
 	bool do_live = (kattr->test.flags & BPF_F_TEST_XDP_LIVE_FRAMES);
 	u32 tailroom = SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info));
-	u32 retval = 0, duration, max_linear_sz, size;
+	u32 retval = 0, meta_sz = 0, duration, max_linear_sz, size;
 	u32 linear_sz = kattr->test.data_size_in;
 	u32 batch_size = kattr->test.batch_size;
 	u32 headroom = XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM;
@@ -1183,13 +1186,16 @@ int bpf_prog_test_run_xdp(struct bpf_prog *prog, const union bpf_attr *kattr,
 
 	if (ctx) {
 		/* There can't be user provided data before the meta data */
-		if (ctx->data_meta || ctx->data_end != kattr->test.data_size_in ||
+		if (ctx->data_meta || ctx->data_end > kattr->test.data_size_in ||
 		    ctx->data > ctx->data_end ||
 		    unlikely(xdp_metalen_invalid(ctx->data)) ||
 		    (do_live && (kattr->test.data_out || kattr->test.ctx_out)))
 			goto free_ctx;
 		/* Meta data is allocated from the headroom */
 		headroom -= ctx->data;
+
+		meta_sz = ctx->data;
+		linear_sz = ctx->data_end;
 	}
 
 	max_linear_sz = PAGE_SIZE - headroom - tailroom;
@@ -1199,6 +1205,9 @@ int bpf_prog_test_run_xdp(struct bpf_prog *prog, const union bpf_attr *kattr,
 	if (do_live && kattr->test.data_size_in > linear_sz)
 		goto free_ctx;
 
+	if (kattr->test.data_size_in - meta_sz < ETH_HLEN)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	data = bpf_test_init(kattr, linear_sz, max_linear_sz, headroom, tailroom);
 	if (IS_ERR(data)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(data);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_context_test_run.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_context_test_run.c
index ab4952b9fb1d..eab8625aad3b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_context_test_run.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_context_test_run.c
@@ -80,9 +80,7 @@ void test_xdp_context_test_run(void)
 	/* Meta data must be 32 bytes or smaller */
 	test_xdp_context_error(prog_fd, opts, 0, 36, sizeof(data), 0, 0, 0);
 
-	/* Total size of data must match data_end - data_meta */
-	test_xdp_context_error(prog_fd, opts, 0, sizeof(__u32),
-			       sizeof(data) - 1, 0, 0, 0);
+	/* Total size of data must be data_end - data_meta or larger */
 	test_xdp_context_error(prog_fd, opts, 0, sizeof(__u32),
 			       sizeof(data) + 1, 0, 0, 0);