diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
index feddf4045a8c..52a2574b7d13 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
@@ -4278,6 +4278,10 @@ static int hwsim_virtio_handle_cmd(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	nlh = nlmsg_hdr(skb);
 	gnlh = nlmsg_data(nlh);
+
+	if (skb->len < nlh->nlmsg_len)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	err = genlmsg_parse(nlh, &hwsim_genl_family, tb, HWSIM_ATTR_MAX,
 			    hwsim_genl_policy, NULL);
 	if (err) {
@@ -4320,7 +4324,8 @@ static void hwsim_virtio_rx_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hwsim_virtio_lock, flags);
 
 	skb->data = skb->head;
-	skb_set_tail_pointer(skb, len);
+	skb_reset_tail_pointer(skb);
+	skb_put(skb, len);
 	hwsim_virtio_handle_cmd(skb);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&hwsim_virtio_lock, flags);