diff --git a/net/dsa/tag_trailer.c b/net/dsa/tag_trailer.c
index 7d20e1f3de28..56197f0d9608 100644
--- a/net/dsa/tag_trailer.c
+++ b/net/dsa/tag_trailer.c
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *trailer_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (!skb->dev)
 		return NULL;
 
-	pskb_trim_rcsum(skb, skb->len - 4);
+	if (pskb_trim_rcsum(skb, skb->len - 4))
+		return NULL;
 
 	return skb;
 }