1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 326e2476153d..032e1ac10a30 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -707,6 +707,13 @@ static struct sk_buff *receive_mergeable(struct net_device *dev,
                 void *data;
                 u32 act;
 
+                /* Transient failure which in theory could occur if
+                 * in-flight packets from before XDP was enabled reach
+                 * the receive path after XDP is loaded.
+                 */
+                if (unlikely(hdr->hdr.gso_type))
+                        goto err_xdp;
+
                 /* This happens when rx buffer size is underestimated
                  * or headroom is not enough because of the buffer
                  * was refilled before XDP is set. This should only
@@ -727,14 +734,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *receive_mergeable(struct net_device *dev,
                         xdp_page = page;
                 }
 
-                /* Transient failure which in theory could occur if
-                 * in-flight packets from before XDP was enabled reach
-                 * the receive path after XDP is loaded. In practice I
-                 * was not able to create this condition.
-                 */
-                if (unlikely(hdr->hdr.gso_type))
-                        goto err_xdp;
-
                 /* Allow consuming headroom but reserve enough space to push
                  * the descriptor on if we get an XDP_TX return code.
                  */