diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 48b8e009ea..a04958baa3 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1451,6 +1451,22 @@ static int ep_insert(struct eventpoll *ep, const struct epoll_event *event,
 		RCU_INIT_POINTER(epi->ws, NULL);
 	}
 
+	/* Add the current item to the list of active epoll hook for this file */
+	spin_lock(&tfile->f_lock);
+	list_add_tail_rcu(&epi->fllink, &tfile->f_ep_links);
+	spin_unlock(&tfile->f_lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Add the current item to the RB tree. All RB tree operations are
+	 * protected by "mtx", and ep_insert() is called with "mtx" held.
+	 */
+	ep_rbtree_insert(ep, epi);
+
+	/* now check if we've created too many backpaths */
+	error = -EINVAL;
+	if (full_check && reverse_path_check())
+		goto error_remove_epi;
+
 	/* Initialize the poll table using the queue callback */
 	epq.epi = epi;
 	init_poll_funcptr(&epq.pt, ep_ptable_queue_proc);
@@ -1473,22 +1489,6 @@ static int ep_insert(struct eventpoll *ep, const struct epoll_event *event,
 	if (epi->nwait < 0)
 		goto error_unregister;
 
-	/* Add the current item to the list of active epoll hook for this file */
-	spin_lock(&tfile->f_lock);
-	list_add_tail_rcu(&epi->fllink, &tfile->f_ep_links);
-	spin_unlock(&tfile->f_lock);
-
-	/*
-	 * Add the current item to the RB tree. All RB tree operations are
-	 * protected by "mtx", and ep_insert() is called with "mtx" held.
-	 */
-	ep_rbtree_insert(ep, epi);
-
-	/* now check if we've created too many backpaths */
-	error = -EINVAL;
-	if (full_check && reverse_path_check())
-		goto error_remove_epi;
-
 	/* We have to drop the new item inside our item list to keep track of it */
 	spin_lock_irq(&ep->wq.lock);
 
@@ -1517,6 +1517,9 @@ static int ep_insert(struct eventpoll *ep, const struct epoll_event *event,
 
 	return 0;
 
+error_unregister:
+	ep_unregister_pollwait(ep, epi);
+
 error_remove_epi:
 	spin_lock(&tfile->f_lock);
 	list_del_rcu(&epi->fllink);
@@ -1524,9 +1527,6 @@ static int ep_insert(struct eventpoll *ep, const struct epoll_event *event,
 
 	rb_erase_cached(&epi->rbn, &ep->rbr);
 
-error_unregister:
-	ep_unregister_pollwait(ep, epi);
-
 	/*
 	 * We need to do this because an event could have been arrived on some
 	 * allocated wait queue. Note that we don't care about the ep->ovflist
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index a3f77441f3..b03a77597d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -449,6 +449,8 @@ static void __gre_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 
 static int gre_handle_offloads(struct sk_buff *skb, bool csum)
 {
+	if (csum && skb_checksum_start(skb) < skb->data)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	return iptunnel_handle_offloads(skb, csum ? SKB_GSO_GRE_CSUM : SKB_GSO_GRE);
 }