diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index 501630e3f1b6..84ba9ad00135 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -1383,9 +1383,16 @@ static int ip6gre_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	struct ip6_tnl *t = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct ipv6hdr *ipv6h;
+	int needed;
 	__be16 *p;
 
-	ipv6h = skb_push(skb, t->hlen + sizeof(*ipv6h));
+	needed = t->hlen + sizeof(*ipv6h);
+	if (skb_headroom(skb) < needed &&
+	    pskb_expand_head(skb, HH_DATA_ALIGN(needed - skb_headroom(skb)),
+			     0, GFP_ATOMIC))
+		return -needed;
+
+	ipv6h = skb_push(skb, needed);
 	ip6_flow_hdr(ipv6h, 0, ip6_make_flowlabel(dev_net(dev), skb,
 						  t->fl.u.ip6.flowlabel,
 						  true, &t->fl.u.ip6));