diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 4535a4ea9760..261067b94559 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -2657,7 +2657,8 @@ static inline bool netif_needs_gso(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				   netdev_features_t features)
 {
 	return skb_is_gso(skb) && (!skb_gso_ok(skb, features) ||
-		unlikely(skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL));
+		unlikely((skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) &&
+			 (skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY)));
 }
 
 static inline void netif_set_gso_max_size(struct net_device *dev,