diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface.c
index 9b8e292a7c6a..e9ce23343f5c 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface.c
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ xfrmi_xmit2(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct flowi *fl)
 
 			icmpv6_ndo_send(skb, ICMPV6_PKT_TOOBIG, 0, mtu);
 		} else {
+			if (!(ip_hdr(skb)->frag_off & htons(IP_DF)))
+				goto xmit;
 			icmp_ndo_send(skb, ICMP_DEST_UNREACH, ICMP_FRAG_NEEDED,
 				      htonl(mtu));
 		}
@@ -313,6 +315,7 @@ xfrmi_xmit2(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct flowi *fl)
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 	}
 
+xmit:
 	xfrmi_scrub_packet(skb, !net_eq(xi->net, dev_net(dev)));
 	skb_dst_set(skb, dst);
 	skb->dev = tdev;