diff --git a/src/netif/ppp/ppp.c b/src/netif/ppp/ppp.c
index dcefd3a6..4e7667e1 100644
--- a/src/netif/ppp/ppp.c
+++ b/src/netif/ppp/ppp.c
@@ -930,6 +930,10 @@ void ppp_input(ppp_pcb *pcb, struct pbuf *pb) {
       for (i = 0; (protp = protocols[i]) != NULL; ++i) {
         if (protp->protocol == protocol) {
           pb = pbuf_coalesce(pb, PBUF_RAW);
+          if (pb->next != NULL) {
+            PPPDEBUG(LOG_WARNING, ("ppp_input[%d]: Dropping (pbuf_coalesce failed), len=%d\n", pcb->netif->num, pb->tot_len));
+            goto drop;
+          }
           (*protp->input)(pcb, (u8_t*)pb->payload, pb->len);
           goto out;
         }
diff --git a/src/netif/ppp/pppoe.c b/src/netif/ppp/pppoe.c
index 5098d8dd..ee85af4f 100644
--- a/src/netif/ppp/pppoe.c
+++ b/src/netif/ppp/pppoe.c
@@ -410,6 +410,10 @@ pppoe_disc_input(struct netif *netif, struct pbuf *pb)
   }
 
   pb = pbuf_coalesce(pb, PBUF_RAW);
+  if (pb->next != NULL) {
+    PPPDEBUG(LOG_DEBUG, ("pppoe: pbuf_coalesce failed: %d\n", pb->tot_len));
+    goto done;
+  }
 
   ethhdr = (struct eth_hdr *)pb->payload;
 
diff --git a/src/netif/ppp/pppol2tp.c b/src/netif/ppp/pppol2tp.c
index 6a35233c..15ea2ae5 100644
--- a/src/netif/ppp/pppol2tp.c
+++ b/src/netif/ppp/pppol2tp.c
@@ -530,6 +530,11 @@ static void pppol2tp_dispatch_control_packet(pppol2tp_pcb *l2tp, u16_t port, str
   l2tp->peer_ns = ns+1;
 
   p = pbuf_coalesce(p, PBUF_RAW);
+  if (p->next != NULL) {
+    PPPDEBUG(LOG_DEBUG, ("pppol2tp: pbuf_coalesce failed: %d\n", p->tot_len));
+    return;
+  }
+
   inp = (u8_t*)p->payload;
   /* Decode AVPs */
   while (p->len > 0) {