diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index 70e61c9..4ae758b 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -1020,6 +1020,10 @@
 		goto error;
 	}
 
+	if (tunnel->version == L2TP_HDR_VER_3 &&
+	    l2tp_v3_ensure_opt_in_linear(session, skb, &ptr, &optr))
+		goto error;
+
 	l2tp_recv_common(session, skb, ptr, optr, hdrflags, length, payload_hook);
 	l2tp_session_dec_refcount(session);
 
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
index a78a17f..7cc4971 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
@@ -325,6 +325,26 @@
 	}
 }
 
+static inline int l2tp_v3_ensure_opt_in_linear(struct l2tp_session *session, struct sk_buff *skb,
+					       unsigned char **ptr, unsigned char **optr)
+{
+	int opt_len = session->peer_cookie_len + l2tp_get_l2specific_len(session);
+
+	if (opt_len > 0) {
+		int off = *ptr - *optr;
+
+		if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, off + opt_len))
+			return -1;
+
+		if (skb->data != *optr) {
+			*optr = skb->data;
+			*ptr = skb->data + off;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #define l2tp_printk(ptr, type, func, fmt, ...)				\
 do {									\
 	if (((ptr)->debug) & (type))					\
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c
index 9d77a54..03a696d 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@
 		print_hex_dump_bytes("", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, ptr, length);
 	}
 
+	if (l2tp_v3_ensure_opt_in_linear(session, skb, &ptr, &optr))
+		goto discard_sess;
+
 	l2tp_recv_common(session, skb, ptr, optr, 0, skb->len, tunnel->recv_payload_hook);
 	l2tp_session_dec_refcount(session);
 
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
index 2470972..5e6d098 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@
 		print_hex_dump_bytes("", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, ptr, length);
 	}
 
+	if (l2tp_v3_ensure_opt_in_linear(session, skb, &ptr, &optr))
+		goto discard_sess;
+
 	l2tp_recv_common(session, skb, ptr, optr, 0, skb->len,
 			 tunnel->recv_payload_hook);
 	l2tp_session_dec_refcount(session);