diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index 9ee17e3d11c30e4054558729df205b41a762e806..eae2e262fbe5c68e582fa6eeab92fdfab3ccddf1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@ struct sk_buff *__ip_make_skb(struct sock *sk,
 	else
 		ttl = ip_select_ttl(inet, &rt->dst);
 
-	iph = (struct iphdr *)skb->data;
+	iph = ip_hdr(skb);
 	iph->version = 4;
 	iph->ihl = 5;
 	iph->tos = inet->tos;