diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index 3e2b90181879..14bc654b6842 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -821,6 +821,7 @@ static int udp_send_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi4 *fl4,
 	int is_udplite = IS_UDPLITE(sk);
 	int offset = skb_transport_offset(skb);
 	int len = skb->len - offset;
+	int datalen = len - sizeof(*uh);
 	__wsum csum = 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -854,10 +855,12 @@ static int udp_send_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi4 *fl4,
 			return -EIO;
 		}
 
-		skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size = cork->gso_size;
-		skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type = SKB_GSO_UDP_L4;
-		skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs = DIV_ROUND_UP(len - sizeof(*uh),
-							 cork->gso_size);
+		if (datalen > cork->gso_size) {
+			skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size = cork->gso_size;
+			skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type = SKB_GSO_UDP_L4;
+			skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs = DIV_ROUND_UP(datalen,
+								 cork->gso_size);
+		}
 		goto csum_partial;
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/udp.c b/net/ipv6/udp.c
index eb9a9934ac05..6324d3a8cb53 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/udp.c
@@ -1109,6 +1109,7 @@ static int udp_v6_send_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi6 *fl6,
 	__wsum csum = 0;
 	int offset = skb_transport_offset(skb);
 	int len = skb->len - offset;
+	int datalen = len - sizeof(*uh);
 
 	/*
 	 * Create a UDP header
@@ -1141,10 +1142,12 @@ static int udp_v6_send_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi6 *fl6,
 			return -EIO;
 		}
 
-		skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size = cork->gso_size;
-		skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type = SKB_GSO_UDP_L4;
-		skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs = DIV_ROUND_UP(len - sizeof(*uh),
-							 cork->gso_size);
+		if (datalen > cork->gso_size) {
+			skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size = cork->gso_size;
+			skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type = SKB_GSO_UDP_L4;
+			skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs = DIV_ROUND_UP(datalen,
+								 cork->gso_size);
+		}
 		goto csum_partial;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgso.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgso.c
index b8265ee9923f..614b31aad168 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgso.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgso.c
@@ -89,12 +89,9 @@ struct testcase testcases_v4[] = {
 		.tfail = true,
 	},
 	{
-		/* send a single MSS: will fail with GSO, because the segment
-		 * logic in udp4_ufo_fragment demands a gso skb to be > MTU
-		 */
+		/* send a single MSS: will fall back to no GSO */
 		.tlen = CONST_MSS_V4,
 		.gso_len = CONST_MSS_V4,
-		.tfail = true,
 		.r_num_mss = 1,
 	},
 	{
@@ -139,10 +136,9 @@ struct testcase testcases_v4[] = {
 		.tfail = true,
 	},
 	{
-		/* send a single 1B MSS: will fail, see single MSS above */
+		/* send a single 1B MSS: will fall back to no GSO */
 		.tlen = 1,
 		.gso_len = 1,
-		.tfail = true,
 		.r_num_mss = 1,
 	},
 	{
@@ -196,12 +192,9 @@ struct testcase testcases_v6[] = {
 		.tfail = true,
 	},
 	{
-		/* send a single MSS: will fail with GSO, because the segment
-		 * logic in udp4_ufo_fragment demands a gso skb to be > MTU
-		 */
+		/* send a single MSS: will fall back to no GSO */
 		.tlen = CONST_MSS_V6,
 		.gso_len = CONST_MSS_V6,
-		.tfail = true,
 		.r_num_mss = 1,
 	},
 	{
@@ -246,10 +239,9 @@ struct testcase testcases_v6[] = {
 		.tfail = true,
 	},
 	{
-		/* send a single 1B MSS: will fail, see single MSS above */
+		/* send a single 1B MSS: will fall back to no GSO */
 		.tlen = 1,
 		.gso_len = 1,
-		.tfail = true,
 		.r_num_mss = 1,
 	},
 	{