diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index d6922ac2da7f..84557050013d 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -3459,6 +3459,18 @@ skb_header_pointer(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset, int len, void *buffer)
 				    skb_headlen(skb), buffer);
 }
 
+/* Variant of skb_header_pointer() where @offset is user-controlled
+ * and potentially negative.
+ */
+static inline void * __must_check
+skb_header_pointer_careful(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
+			   int len, void *buffer)
+{
+	if (unlikely(offset < 0 && -offset > skb_headroom(skb)))
+		return NULL;
+	return skb_header_pointer(skb, offset, len, buffer);
+}
+
 /**
  *	skb_needs_linearize - check if we need to linearize a given skb
  *			      depending on the given device features.