diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index 41b1b23fdd3e..65a2f4ab8997 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -1493,6 +1493,10 @@ static bool vxlan_snoop(struct net_device *dev,
 	struct vxlan_fdb *f;
 	u32 ifindex = 0;
 
+	/* Ignore packets from invalid src-address */
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(src_mac))
+		return true;
+
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 	if (src_ip->sa.sa_family == AF_INET6 &&
 	    (ipv6_addr_type(&src_ip->sin6.sin6_addr) & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL))