diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
index dc41d6d3c6c6a6fb6e74b57fe12575362123aedf..33113c1ea02f787d595c96ba81a036c7850419b3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
@@ -387,9 +387,7 @@ ip6t_do_table(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				goto no_match;
 		}
 
-		ADD_COUNTER(e->counters,
-			    ntohs(ipv6_hdr(skb)->payload_len) +
-			    sizeof(struct ipv6hdr), 1);
+		ADD_COUNTER(e->counters, skb->len, 1);
 
 		t = ip6t_get_target_c(e);
 		IP_NF_ASSERT(t->u.kernel.target);