diff --git a/net/dsa/tag_hellcreek.c b/net/dsa/tag_hellcreek.c
index 846588c0070a5..53a206d116850 100644
--- a/net/dsa/tag_hellcreek.c
+++ b/net/dsa/tag_hellcreek.c
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *hellcreek_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	pskb_trim_rcsum(skb, skb->len - HELLCREEK_TAG_LEN);
+	if (pskb_trim_rcsum(skb, skb->len - HELLCREEK_TAG_LEN))
+		return NULL;
 
 	dsa_default_offload_fwd_mark(skb);