diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 70ad029..2791467 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1511,6 +1511,7 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
  *	@max_mtu:	Interface Maximum MTU value
  *	@type:		Interface hardware type
  *	@hard_header_len: Maximum hardware header length.
+ *	@min_header_len:  Minimum hardware header length
  *
  *	@needed_headroom: Extra headroom the hardware may need, but not in all
  *			  cases can this be guaranteed
@@ -1728,6 +1729,7 @@ struct net_device {
 	unsigned int		max_mtu;
 	unsigned short		type;
 	unsigned short		hard_header_len;
+	unsigned short		min_header_len;
 
 	unsigned short		needed_headroom;
 	unsigned short		needed_tailroom;
@@ -2694,6 +2696,8 @@ static inline bool dev_validate_header(const struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	if (likely(len >= dev->hard_header_len))
 		return true;
+	if (len < dev->min_header_len)
+		return false;
 
 	if (capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) {
 		memset(ll_header + len, 0, dev->hard_header_len - len);