diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c
index f82834349ca2..9e199f00eea7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c
@@ -103,6 +103,18 @@ __ip_vs_dst_check(struct ip_vs_dest *dest)
 	return dest_dst;
 }
 
+/* Based on ip_exceeds_mtu(). */
+static bool ip_vs_exceeds_mtu(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int mtu)
+{
+	if (skb->len <= mtu)
+		return false;
+
+	if (skb_is_gso(skb) && skb_gso_validate_network_len(skb, mtu))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 static inline bool
 __mtu_check_toobig_v6(const struct sk_buff *skb, u32 mtu)
 {
@@ -112,10 +124,9 @@ __mtu_check_toobig_v6(const struct sk_buff *skb, u32 mtu)
 		 */
 		if (IP6CB(skb)->frag_max_size > mtu)
 			return true; /* largest fragment violate MTU */
-	}
-	else if (skb->len > mtu && !skb_is_gso(skb)) {
+	} else if (ip_vs_exceeds_mtu(skb, mtu))
 		return true; /* Packet size violate MTU size */
-	}
+
 	return false;
 }
 
@@ -240,7 +251,7 @@ static inline bool ensure_mtu_is_adequate(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, int skb_af,
 			return true;
 
 		if (unlikely(ip_hdr(skb)->frag_off & htons(IP_DF) &&
-			     skb->len > mtu && !skb_is_gso(skb) &&
+			     ip_vs_exceeds_mtu(skb, mtu) &&
 			     !ip_vs_iph_icmp(ipvsh))) {
 			icmp_send(skb, ICMP_DEST_UNREACH, ICMP_FRAG_NEEDED,
 				  htonl(mtu));