diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index f78dd0438843..567cb3faab70 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -1446,6 +1446,10 @@ 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))
@@ -1616,10 +1620,6 @@ static bool vxlan_set_mac(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
 	if (ether_addr_equal(eth_hdr(skb)->h_source, vxlan->dev->dev_addr))
 		return false;
 
-	/* Ignore packets from invalid src-address */
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(eth_hdr(skb)->h_source))
-		return false;
-
 	/* Get address from the outer IP header */
 	if (vxlan_get_sk_family(vs) == AF_INET) {
 		saddr.sin.sin_addr.s_addr = ip_hdr(skb)->saddr;