diff --git a/net/ipv4/esp4.c b/net/ipv4/esp4.c
index 5e5613930ffbe1f8fa5bd136179f167566236fc7..bdc65d8af1813bb6f8f436567c02e658a16696f7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/esp4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/esp4.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static int esp_output(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	esph = (struct ip_esp_hdr *)(skb_network_header(skb) +
 				     top_iph->ihl * 4);
 	top_iph->tot_len = htons(skb->len + alen);
-	*(skb_tail_pointer(skb) - 1) = top_iph->protocol;
+	*(skb_tail_pointer(trailer) - 1) = top_iph->protocol;
 
 	/* this is non-NULL only with UDP Encapsulation */
 	if (x->encap) {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/esp6.c b/net/ipv6/esp6.c
index b8e8914cc0021343d4564921067dcaf22fbed3c4..6b76c4c311378c1267b7d1a249d7a6bf3bfa946b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/esp6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/esp6.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static int esp6_output(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	top_iph = (struct ipv6hdr *)__skb_push(skb, hdr_len);
 	esph = (struct ipv6_esp_hdr *)skb_transport_header(skb);
 	top_iph->payload_len = htons(skb->len + alen - sizeof(*top_iph));
-	*(skb_tail_pointer(skb) - 1) = *skb_network_header(skb);
+	*(skb_tail_pointer(trailer) - 1) = *skb_network_header(skb);
 	*skb_network_header(skb) = IPPROTO_ESP;
 
 	esph->spi = x->id.spi;