diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 9b2957d203c91dfb9ecaad4a3ffa3abd767c16b4..910560e855619917a5f7103bfbae9642f7ee139b 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -205,7 +205,9 @@ typedef unsigned char *sk_buff_data_t;
  *	@len: Length of actual data
  *	@data_len: Data length
  *	@mac_len: Length of link layer header
- *	@csum: Checksum
+ *	@csum: Checksum (must include start/offset pair)
+ *	@csum_start: Offset from skb->head where checksumming should start
+ *	@csum_offset: Offset from csum_start where checksum should be stored
  *	@local_df: allow local fragmentation
  *	@cloned: Head may be cloned (check refcnt to be sure)
  *	@nohdr: Payload reference only, must not modify header
@@ -261,7 +263,10 @@ struct sk_buff {
 				mac_len;
 	union {
 		__wsum		csum;
-		__u32		csum_offset;
+		struct {
+			__u16	csum_start;
+			__u16	csum_offset;
+		};
 	};
 	__u32			priority;
 	__u8			local_df:1,
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index fec8cf27f75d2a7dc39fb316653eb62f84a45b31..d23972f56fc7828d7dd4fa8dfef0bee616edee5c 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_device_attach);
 int skb_checksum_help(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	__wsum csum;
-	int ret = 0, offset = skb_transport_offset(skb);
+	int ret = 0, offset;
 
 	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_COMPLETE)
 		goto out_set_summed;
@@ -1171,15 +1171,16 @@ int skb_checksum_help(struct sk_buff *skb)
 			goto out;
 	}
 
+	offset = skb->csum_start - skb_headroom(skb);
 	BUG_ON(offset > (int)skb->len);
 	csum = skb_checksum(skb, offset, skb->len-offset, 0);
 
-	offset = skb->tail - skb->transport_header;
+	offset = skb_headlen(skb) - offset;
 	BUG_ON(offset <= 0);
 	BUG_ON(skb->csum_offset + 2 > offset);
 
-	*(__sum16 *)(skb_transport_header(skb) +
-		     skb->csum_offset) = csum_fold(csum);
+	*(__sum16 *)(skb->head + skb->csum_start + skb->csum_offset) =
+		csum_fold(csum);
 out_set_summed:
 	skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
 out:
@@ -1431,12 +1432,16 @@ int dev_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	/* If packet is not checksummed and device does not support
 	 * checksumming for this protocol, complete checksumming here.
 	 */
-	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL &&
-	    (!(dev->features & NETIF_F_GEN_CSUM) &&
-	     (!(dev->features & NETIF_F_IP_CSUM) ||
-	      skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_IP))))
-		if (skb_checksum_help(skb))
-			goto out_kfree_skb;
+	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
+		skb_set_transport_header(skb, skb->csum_start -
+					      skb_headroom(skb));
+
+		if (!(dev->features & NETIF_F_GEN_CSUM) &&
+		    (!(dev->features & NETIF_F_IP_CSUM) ||
+		     skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_IP)))
+			if (skb_checksum_help(skb))
+				goto out_kfree_skb;
+	}
 
 gso:
 	spin_lock_prefetch(&dev->queue_lock);
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 4965df29768bb792b79a340969a4a6a45052933a..52a4fdd4f31c2cc5cb8ac012977b674d555256b5 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ void skb_copy_and_csum_dev(const struct sk_buff *skb, u8 *to)
 	long csstart;
 
 	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)
-		csstart = skb_transport_offset(skb);
+		csstart = skb->csum_start - skb_headroom(skb);
 	else
 		csstart = skb_headlen(skb);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index e11eaf4cc269eb227a301cf6c69cd0f03a6c847b..a091a99ad263d7eaa3519dfccfd25d5891c60272 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -504,6 +504,7 @@ void tcp_v4_send_check(struct sock *sk, int len, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
 		th->check = ~tcp_v4_check(len, inet->saddr,
 					  inet->daddr, 0);
+		skb->csum_start = skb_transport_header(skb) - skb->head;
 		skb->csum_offset = offsetof(struct tcphdr, check);
 	} else {
 		th->check = tcp_v4_check(len, inet->saddr, inet->daddr,
@@ -526,6 +527,7 @@ int tcp_v4_gso_send_check(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	th->check = 0;
 	th->check = ~tcp_v4_check(skb->len, iph->saddr, iph->daddr, 0);
+	skb->csum_start = skb_transport_header(skb) - skb->head;
 	skb->csum_offset = offsetof(struct tcphdr, check);
 	skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_PARTIAL;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index 71b0b60ba53881163687181cc20428642d04dd8a..5ad7a26e30917fea6b356268dd9dcf38a98cdfd9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ static void udp4_hwcsum_outgoing(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		/*
 		 * Only one fragment on the socket.
 		 */
+		skb->csum_start = skb_transport_header(skb) - skb->head;
 		skb->csum_offset = offsetof(struct udphdr, check);
 		uh->check = ~csum_tcpudp_magic(src, dst, len, IPPROTO_UDP, 0);
 	} else {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 4a55da079f5fb64ab515dfcc2e5b5f1d4f5d1f7d..7e824b97126d78d8a7e26baeaa28f18817152c20 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -950,6 +950,7 @@ static void tcp_v6_send_check(struct sock *sk, int len, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
 		th->check = ~csum_ipv6_magic(&np->saddr, &np->daddr, len, IPPROTO_TCP,  0);
+		skb->csum_start = skb_transport_header(skb) - skb->head;
 		skb->csum_offset = offsetof(struct tcphdr, check);
 	} else {
 		th->check = csum_ipv6_magic(&np->saddr, &np->daddr, len, IPPROTO_TCP,
@@ -972,6 +973,7 @@ static int tcp_v6_gso_send_check(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	th->check = 0;
 	th->check = ~csum_ipv6_magic(&ipv6h->saddr, &ipv6h->daddr, skb->len,
 				     IPPROTO_TCP, 0);
+	skb->csum_start = skb_transport_header(skb) - skb->head;
 	skb->csum_offset = offsetof(struct tcphdr, check);
 	skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_PARTIAL;
 	return 0;