diff --git a/sys/net/if_vxlan.c b/sys/net/if_vxlan.c
--- a/sys/net/if_vxlan.c
+++ b/sys/net/if_vxlan.c
@@ -2814,12 +2814,16 @@
 	struct ether_header *eh;
 	int error;
 
+	m = *m0;
+
+	if (m->m_pkthdr.len < ETHER_HDR_LEN)
+		return (EINVAL);
+
 	sc = vxlan_socket_lookup_softc(vso, vni);
 	if (sc == NULL)
 		return (ENOENT);
 
 	ifp = sc->vxl_ifp;
-	m = *m0;
 	eh = mtod(m, struct ether_header *);
 
 	if ((ifp->if_drv_flags & IFF_DRV_RUNNING) == 0) {
@@ -2859,8 +2863,9 @@
 		m->m_pkthdr.csum_data = 0;
 	}
 
-	error = netisr_dispatch(NETISR_ETHER, m);
+	(*ifp->if_input)(ifp, m);
 	*m0 = NULL;
+	error = 0;
 
 out:
 	vxlan_release(sc);