diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 1ff676caa9cd06282bf163be5e3c07a84a333b45..a2c4e8d4a9559fbdfa7806d9cbcceb76d7a29975 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -2977,11 +2977,11 @@ static struct notifier_block bond_netdev_notifier = {
 /* L2 hash helper */
 static inline u32 bond_eth_hash(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	struct ethhdr *data = (struct ethhdr *)skb->data;
-
-	if (skb_headlen(skb) >= offsetof(struct ethhdr, h_proto))
-		return data->h_dest[5] ^ data->h_source[5];
+	struct ethhdr *ep, hdr_tmp;
 
+	ep = skb_header_pointer(skb, 0, sizeof(hdr_tmp), &hdr_tmp);
+	if (ep)
+		return ep->h_dest[5] ^ ep->h_source[5] ^ ep->h_proto;
 	return 0;
 }