diff --git a/net/tipc/bearer.c b/net/tipc/bearer.c
index 975dbeb..52d7476 100644
--- a/net/tipc/bearer.c
+++ b/net/tipc/bearer.c
@@ -421,6 +421,10 @@
 	dev = dev_get_by_name(net, driver_name);
 	if (!dev)
 		return -ENODEV;
+	if (tipc_mtu_bad(dev, 0)) {
+		dev_put(dev);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	/* Associate TIPC bearer with L2 bearer */
 	rcu_assign_pointer(b->media_ptr, dev);
@@ -610,8 +614,6 @@
 	if (!b)
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
-	b->mtu = dev->mtu;
-
 	switch (evt) {
 	case NETDEV_CHANGE:
 		if (netif_carrier_ok(dev))
@@ -624,6 +626,11 @@
 		tipc_reset_bearer(net, b);
 		break;
 	case NETDEV_CHANGEMTU:
+		if (tipc_mtu_bad(dev, 0)) {
+			bearer_disable(net, b);
+			break;
+		}
+		b->mtu = dev->mtu;
 		tipc_reset_bearer(net, b);
 		break;
 	case NETDEV_CHANGEADDR: