diff --git a/net/bpf/test_run.c b/net/bpf/test_run.c
index 6be41a44d688..4f3c08583d8c 100755
--- a/net/bpf/test_run.c
+++ b/net/bpf/test_run.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ int bpf_prog_test_run_skb(struct bpf_prog *prog, const union bpf_attr *kattr,
 	u32 size = kattr->test.data_size_in;
 	u32 repeat = kattr->test.repeat;
 	u32 retval, duration;
+	int hh_len = ETH_HLEN;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	void *data;
 	int ret;
@@ -131,12 +132,22 @@ int bpf_prog_test_run_skb(struct bpf_prog *prog, const union bpf_attr *kattr,
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 
 	if (is_l2)
-		__skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+		__skb_push(skb, hh_len);
 	if (is_direct_pkt_access)
 		bpf_compute_data_end(skb);
 	retval = bpf_test_run(prog, skb, repeat, &duration);
-	if (!is_l2)
-		__skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+	if (!is_l2) {
+		if (skb_headroom(skb) < hh_len) {
+			int nhead = HH_DATA_ALIGN(hh_len - skb_headroom(skb));
+
+			if (pskb_expand_head(skb, nhead, 0, GFP_USER)) {
+				kfree_skb(skb);
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			}
+		}
+		memset(__skb_push(skb, hh_len), 0, hh_len);
+	}
+
 	size = skb->len;
 	/* bpf program can never convert linear skb to non-linear */
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(skb_is_nonlinear(skb)))
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
index d4f611546fc0..0846345fe1e5 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
@@ -4334,6 +4334,24 @@ static struct bpf_test tests[] = {
 		.result = ACCEPT,
 		.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_LWT_XMIT,
 	},
+	{
+		"make headroom for LWT_XMIT",
+		.insns = {
+			BPF_MOV64_REG(BPF_REG_6, BPF_REG_1),
+			BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_2, 34),
+			BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_3, 0),
+			BPF_EMIT_CALL(BPF_FUNC_skb_change_head),
+			/* split for s390 to succeed */
+			BPF_MOV64_REG(BPF_REG_1, BPF_REG_6),
+			BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_2, 42),
+			BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_3, 0),
+			BPF_EMIT_CALL(BPF_FUNC_skb_change_head),
+			BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
+			BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+		},
+		.result = ACCEPT,
+		.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_LWT_XMIT,
+	},
 	{
 		"invalid access of tc_classid for LWT_IN",
 		.insns = {