diff --git a/core/java/android/net/LinkProperties.java b/core/java/android/net/LinkProperties.java
index 47b74ab4d2..8b64250777 100644
--- a/core/java/android/net/LinkProperties.java
+++ b/core/java/android/net/LinkProperties.java
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ public final class LinkProperties implements Parcelable {
     private ProxyInfo mHttpProxy;
     private int mMtu;
 
+    private static final int MIN_MTU    = 68;
+    private static final int MIN_MTU_V6 = 1280;
+    private static final int MAX_MTU    = 10000;
+
     // Stores the properties of links that are "stacked" above this link.
     // Indexed by interface name to allow modification and to prevent duplicates being added.
     private Hashtable<String, LinkProperties> mStackedLinks =
@@ -995,4 +999,17 @@ public final class LinkProperties implements Parcelable {
                 return new LinkProperties[size];
             }
         };
+
+        /**
+         * Check the valid MTU range based on IPv4 or IPv6.
+         * @hide
+         */
+        public static boolean isValidMtu(int mtu, boolean ipv6) {
+            if (ipv6) {
+                if ((mtu >= MIN_MTU_V6 && mtu <= MAX_MTU)) return true;
+            } else {
+                if ((mtu >= MIN_MTU && mtu <= MAX_MTU)) return true;
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
 }
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
index dd5a7ea5f6..02695c5216 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
@@ -1534,11 +1534,17 @@ public class ConnectivityService extends IConnectivityManager.Stub {
             return;
         }
 
-        if (mtu < 68 || mtu > 10000) {
+        if (LinkProperties.isValidMtu(mtu, newLp.hasGlobalIPv6Address())) {
             loge("Unexpected mtu value: " + mtu + ", " + iface);
             return;
         }
 
+        // Cannot set MTU without interface name
+        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(iface)) {
+            loge("Setting MTU size with null iface.");
+            return;
+        }
+
         try {
             if (VDBG) log("Setting MTU size: " + iface + ", " + mtu);
             mNetd.setMtu(iface, mtu);