diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 466999a7515e6..adc32437eff4b 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -4706,7 +4706,7 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_segment(struct sk_buff *head_skb,
 
 		hsize = skb_headlen(head_skb) - offset;
 
-		if (hsize <= 0 && i >= nfrags && skb_headlen(list_skb) &&
+		if (hsize <= 0 && i >= nfrags && !list_skb->head_frag && skb_headlen(list_skb) &&
 		    (skb_headlen(list_skb) == len || sg)) {
 			BUG_ON(skb_headlen(list_skb) > len);