diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index 88e5ef2c7f51..bc6471d4abcd 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static int ip_finish_output_gso(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	 */
 	features = netif_skb_features(skb);
 	segs = skb_gso_segment(skb, features & ~NETIF_F_GSO_MASK);
-	if (IS_ERR(segs)) {
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(segs)) {
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c
index a82077d9f59b..7c60ccd61a3e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ nfqnl_enqueue_packet(struct nf_queue_entry *entry, unsigned int queuenum)
 	 * returned by nf_queue.  For instance, callers rely on -ECANCELED to
 	 * mean 'ignore this hook'.
 	 */
-	if (IS_ERR(segs))
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(segs))
 		goto out_err;
 	queued = 0;
 	err = 0;
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index 2e31d9e7f4dc..e6d7255183eb 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -324,6 +324,8 @@ static int queue_gso_packets(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	segs = __skb_gso_segment(skb, NETIF_F_SG, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(segs))
 		return PTR_ERR(segs);
+	if (segs == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Queue all of the segments. */
 	skb = segs;
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c
index 499d6c18a8ce..7c532856b398 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ static int xfrm_output_gso(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 	if (IS_ERR(segs))
 		return PTR_ERR(segs);
+	if (segs == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	do {
 		struct sk_buff *nskb = segs->next;