diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
index 4dcc30e7f9e5..1be506a175af 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
@@ -343,8 +343,17 @@ struct nf_flow_xmit {
 static unsigned int nf_flow_queue_xmit(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				       struct nf_flow_xmit *xmit)
 {
-	skb->dev = xmit->outdev;
-	dev_hard_header(skb, skb->dev, ntohs(skb->protocol),
+	struct net_device *dev = xmit->outdev;
+	unsigned int hh_len = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
+
+	if (unlikely(skb_headroom(skb) < hh_len && dev->header_ops)) {
+		skb = skb_expand_head(skb, hh_len);
+		if (!skb)
+			return NF_STOLEN;
+	}
+
+	skb->dev = dev;
+	dev_hard_header(skb, dev, ntohs(skb->protocol),
 			xmit->dest, xmit->source, skb->len);
 	dev_queue_xmit(skb);