diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index 01ecd510014f2a03f9e064bf320912450cb6f468..a53ef079a53947d3983785e823bc63acf69d1383 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -680,12 +680,13 @@ static int prepare_ip6gre_xmit_ipv6(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				    struct flowi6 *fl6, __u8 *dsfield,
 				    int *encap_limit)
 {
-	struct ipv6hdr *ipv6h = ipv6_hdr(skb);
+	struct ipv6hdr *ipv6h;
 	struct ip6_tnl *t = netdev_priv(dev);
 	__u16 offset;
 
 	offset = ip6_tnl_parse_tlv_enc_lim(skb, skb_network_header(skb));
 	/* ip6_tnl_parse_tlv_enc_lim() might have reallocated skb->head */
+	ipv6h = ipv6_hdr(skb);
 
 	if (offset > 0) {
 		struct ipv6_tlv_tnl_enc_lim *tel;