diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index aab8190d16e8f33197a53e18be4783a2824700c5..8c4f881edbd2586c7aef0b5396fbf38b405cc57e 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -671,8 +671,7 @@ static inline int ipv6_addr_diff(const struct in6_addr *a1, const struct in6_add
 	return __ipv6_addr_diff(a1, a2, sizeof(struct in6_addr));
 }
 
-void ipv6_select_ident(struct net *net, struct frag_hdr *fhdr,
-		       struct rt6_info *rt);
+u32 ipv6_select_ident(struct net *net, struct rt6_info *rt);
 void ipv6_proxy_select_ident(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 int ip6_dst_hoplimit(struct dst_entry *dst);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index bc09cb97b8401011c112afe469fd231382387622..05e2cdf938bdce64627c92ad1a66a6ec96b7f489 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ int ip6_fragment(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct frag_hdr *fh;
 	unsigned int mtu, hlen, left, len;
 	int hroom, troom;
-	__be32 frag_id = 0;
+	__be32 frag_id;
 	int ptr, offset = 0, err = 0;
 	u8 *prevhdr, nexthdr = 0;
 	struct net *net = dev_net(skb_dst(skb)->dev);
@@ -584,6 +584,8 @@ int ip6_fragment(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 	mtu -= hlen + sizeof(struct frag_hdr);
 
+	frag_id = ipv6_select_ident(net, rt);
+
 	if (skb_has_frag_list(skb)) {
 		int first_len = skb_pagelen(skb);
 		struct sk_buff *frag2;
@@ -632,11 +634,10 @@ int ip6_fragment(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 		memcpy(skb_network_header(skb), tmp_hdr, hlen);
 
-		ipv6_select_ident(net, fh, rt);
 		fh->nexthdr = nexthdr;
 		fh->reserved = 0;
 		fh->frag_off = htons(IP6_MF);
-		frag_id = fh->identification;
+		fh->identification = frag_id;
 
 		first_len = skb_pagelen(skb);
 		skb->data_len = first_len - skb_headlen(skb);
@@ -778,11 +779,7 @@ int ip6_fragment(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		 */
 		fh->nexthdr = nexthdr;
 		fh->reserved = 0;
-		if (!frag_id) {
-			ipv6_select_ident(net, fh, rt);
-			frag_id = fh->identification;
-		} else
-			fh->identification = frag_id;
+		fh->identification = frag_id;
 
 		/*
 		 *	Copy a block of the IP datagram.
@@ -1064,7 +1061,6 @@ static inline int ip6_ufo_append_data(struct sock *sk,
 
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
-	struct frag_hdr fhdr;
 	int err;
 
 	/* There is support for UDP large send offload by network
@@ -1106,8 +1102,7 @@ static inline int ip6_ufo_append_data(struct sock *sk,
 	skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size = (mtu - fragheaderlen -
 				     sizeof(struct frag_hdr)) & ~7;
 	skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type = SKB_GSO_UDP;
-	ipv6_select_ident(sock_net(sk), &fhdr, rt);
-	skb_shinfo(skb)->ip6_frag_id = fhdr.identification;
+	skb_shinfo(skb)->ip6_frag_id = ipv6_select_ident(sock_net(sk), rt);
 
 append:
 	return skb_append_datato_frags(sk, skb, getfrag, from,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/output_core.c b/net/ipv6/output_core.c
index 85892af5736491fef3978bb8b195045e8e6d2e2c..ef0e2326496b20db674d5ceb6960443ac6ef782d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/output_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/output_core.c
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ void ipv6_proxy_select_ident(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ipv6_proxy_select_ident);
 
-void ipv6_select_ident(struct net *net, struct frag_hdr *fhdr,
-		       struct rt6_info *rt)
+u32 ipv6_select_ident(struct net *net, struct rt6_info *rt)
 {
 	static u32 ip6_idents_hashrnd __read_mostly;
 	u32 id;
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ void ipv6_select_ident(struct net *net, struct frag_hdr *fhdr,
 
 	id = __ipv6_select_ident(net, ip6_idents_hashrnd, &rt->rt6i_dst.addr,
 				 &rt->rt6i_src.addr);
-	fhdr->identification = htonl(id);
+	return htonl(id);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ipv6_select_ident);