diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index dfa5beb0c1c8..8b0d0167e44a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -1003,7 +1003,8 @@ int tcp_fragment(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 len,
 	int nlen;
 	u8 flags;
 
-	BUG_ON(len > skb->len);
+	if (WARN_ON(len > skb->len))
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	nsize = skb_headlen(skb) - len;
 	if (nsize < 0)