diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c b/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
index b75c2228e69a..f28e9cbf8ad5 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
@@ -473,6 +473,9 @@ batadv_iv_ogm_can_aggregate(const struct batadv_ogm_packet *new_bat_ogm_packet,
 	if (aggregated_bytes > max_bytes)
 		return false;
 
+	if (skb_tailroom(forw_packet->skb) < packet_len)
+		return false;
+
 	if (packet_num >= BATADV_MAX_AGGREGATION_PACKETS)
 		return false;