diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 076444dac96d15..0e34f5ad62162f 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -2288,8 +2288,11 @@ skb_zerocopy_headlen(const struct sk_buff *from)
 
 	if (!from->head_frag ||
 	    skb_headlen(from) < L1_CACHE_BYTES ||
-	    skb_shinfo(from)->nr_frags >= MAX_SKB_FRAGS)
+	    skb_shinfo(from)->nr_frags >= MAX_SKB_FRAGS) {
 		hlen = skb_headlen(from);
+		if (!hlen)
+			hlen = from->len;
+	}
 
 	if (skb_has_frag_list(from))
 		hlen = from->len;