diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 4cd13d8de44bb15b2cdff8ee1f402f1c398786ca..58af58026dd2889d7565f2ecc46506f0400f6d4a 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -2095,6 +2095,18 @@ static void tpacket_destruct_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	sock_wfree(skb);
 }
 
+static bool ll_header_truncated(const struct net_device *dev, int len)
+{
+	/* net device doesn't like empty head */
+	if (unlikely(len <= dev->hard_header_len)) {
+		net_warn_ratelimited("%s: packet size is too short (%d < %d)\n",
+				     current->comm, len, dev->hard_header_len);
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 static int tpacket_fill_skb(struct packet_sock *po, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		void *frame, struct net_device *dev, int size_max,
 		__be16 proto, unsigned char *addr, int hlen)
@@ -2170,12 +2182,8 @@ static int tpacket_fill_skb(struct packet_sock *po, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		if (unlikely(err < 0))
 			return -EINVAL;
 	} else if (dev->hard_header_len) {
-		/* net device doesn't like empty head */
-		if (unlikely(tp_len <= dev->hard_header_len)) {
-			pr_err("packet size is too short (%d < %d)\n",
-			       tp_len, dev->hard_header_len);
+		if (ll_header_truncated(dev, tp_len))
 			return -EINVAL;
-		}
 
 		skb_push(skb, dev->hard_header_len);
 		err = skb_store_bits(skb, 0, data,
@@ -2500,9 +2508,14 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	skb_set_network_header(skb, reserve);
 
 	err = -EINVAL;
-	if (sock->type == SOCK_DGRAM &&
-	    (offset = dev_hard_header(skb, dev, ntohs(proto), addr, NULL, len)) < 0)
-		goto out_free;
+	if (sock->type == SOCK_DGRAM) {
+		offset = dev_hard_header(skb, dev, ntohs(proto), addr, NULL, len);
+		if (unlikely(offset) < 0)
+			goto out_free;
+	} else {
+		if (ll_header_truncated(dev, len))
+			goto out_free;
+	}
 
 	/* Returns -EFAULT on error */
 	err = skb_copy_datagram_from_iovec(skb, offset, msg->msg_iov, 0, len);