diff --git a/include/net/llc_pdu.h b/include/net/llc_pdu.h
index c0f0a13ed818..49aa79c7b278 100644
--- a/include/net/llc_pdu.h
+++ b/include/net/llc_pdu.h
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
 #include <linux/if_ether.h>
 
 /* Lengths of frame formats */
-#define LLC_PDU_LEN_I	4       /* header and 2 control bytes */
-#define LLC_PDU_LEN_S	4
-#define LLC_PDU_LEN_U	3       /* header and 1 control byte */
+#define LLC_PDU_LEN_I		4       /* header and 2 control bytes */
+#define LLC_PDU_LEN_S		4
+#define LLC_PDU_LEN_U		3       /* header and 1 control byte */
+/* header and 1 control byte and XID info */
+#define LLC_PDU_LEN_U_XID	(LLC_PDU_LEN_U + sizeof(struct llc_xid_info))
 /* Known SAP addresses */
 #define LLC_GLOBAL_SAP	0xFF
 #define LLC_NULL_SAP	0x00	/* not network-layer visible */
@@ -50,9 +52,10 @@
 #define LLC_PDU_TYPE_U_MASK    0x03	/* 8-bit control field */
 #define LLC_PDU_TYPE_MASK      0x03
 
-#define LLC_PDU_TYPE_I	0	/* first bit */
-#define LLC_PDU_TYPE_S	1	/* first two bits */
-#define LLC_PDU_TYPE_U	3	/* first two bits */
+#define LLC_PDU_TYPE_I		0	/* first bit */
+#define LLC_PDU_TYPE_S		1	/* first two bits */
+#define LLC_PDU_TYPE_U		3	/* first two bits */
+#define LLC_PDU_TYPE_U_XID	4	/* private type for detecting XID commands */
 
 #define LLC_PDU_TYPE_IS_I(pdu) \
 	((!(pdu->ctrl_1 & LLC_PDU_TYPE_I_MASK)) ? 1 : 0)
@@ -230,9 +233,18 @@ static inline struct llc_pdu_un *llc_pdu_un_hdr(struct sk_buff *skb)
 static inline void llc_pdu_header_init(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 type,
 				       u8 ssap, u8 dsap, u8 cr)
 {
-	const int hlen = type == LLC_PDU_TYPE_U ? 3 : 4;
+	int hlen = 4; /* default value for I and S types */
 	struct llc_pdu_un *pdu;
 
+	switch (type) {
+	case LLC_PDU_TYPE_U:
+		hlen = 3;
+		break;
+	case LLC_PDU_TYPE_U_XID:
+		hlen = 6;
+		break;
+	}
+
 	skb_push(skb, hlen);
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 	pdu = llc_pdu_un_hdr(skb);
@@ -374,7 +386,10 @@ static inline void llc_pdu_init_as_xid_cmd(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	xid_info->fmt_id = LLC_XID_FMT_ID;	/* 0x81 */
 	xid_info->type	 = svcs_supported;
 	xid_info->rw	 = rx_window << 1;	/* size of receive window */
-	skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct llc_xid_info));
+
+	/* no need to push/put since llc_pdu_header_init() has already
+	 * pushed 3 + 3 bytes
+	 */
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/llc/af_llc.c b/net/llc/af_llc.c
index fa0f3c1543ba..0b3adf7594ff 100644
--- a/net/llc/af_llc.c
+++ b/net/llc/af_llc.c
@@ -98,8 +98,16 @@ static inline u8 llc_ui_header_len(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr_llc *addr)
 {
 	u8 rc = LLC_PDU_LEN_U;
 
-	if (addr->sllc_test || addr->sllc_xid)
+	if (addr->sllc_test)
 		rc = LLC_PDU_LEN_U;
+	else if (addr->sllc_xid)
+		/* We need to expand header to sizeof(struct llc_xid_info)
+		 * since llc_pdu_init_as_xid_cmd() sets 4,5,6 bytes of LLC header
+		 * as XID PDU. In llc_ui_sendmsg() we reserved header size and then
+		 * filled all other space with user data. If we won't reserve this
+		 * bytes, llc_pdu_init_as_xid_cmd() will overwrite user data
+		 */
+		rc = LLC_PDU_LEN_U_XID;
 	else if (sk->sk_type == SOCK_STREAM)
 		rc = LLC_PDU_LEN_I;
 	return rc;
diff --git a/net/llc/llc_s_ac.c b/net/llc/llc_s_ac.c
index 7ae4cc684d3a..9fa3342c7a82 100644
--- a/net/llc/llc_s_ac.c
+++ b/net/llc/llc_s_ac.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ int llc_sap_action_send_xid_c(struct llc_sap *sap, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct llc_sap_state_ev *ev = llc_sap_ev(skb);
 	int rc;
 
-	llc_pdu_header_init(skb, LLC_PDU_TYPE_U, ev->saddr.lsap,
+	llc_pdu_header_init(skb, LLC_PDU_TYPE_U_XID, ev->saddr.lsap,
 			    ev->daddr.lsap, LLC_PDU_CMD);
 	llc_pdu_init_as_xid_cmd(skb, LLC_XID_NULL_CLASS_2, 0);
 	rc = llc_mac_hdr_init(skb, ev->saddr.mac, ev->daddr.mac);