diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index 21c211e9fd5ac87e11910a959cae6ec59fd98c4b..314e4c5a5a5e0982e29b81c91394477bc58fd582 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -156,8 +156,9 @@ __be16 eth_type_trans(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	skb->dev = dev;
 	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
+
+	eth = (struct ethhdr *)skb->data;
 	skb_pull_inline(skb, ETH_HLEN);
-	eth = eth_hdr(skb);
 
 	if (unlikely(is_multicast_ether_addr_64bits(eth->h_dest))) {
 		if (ether_addr_equal_64bits(eth->h_dest, dev->broadcast))