diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index 6b5adbd9660b7d0145f0f44e0dfaa1374ed258a6..84d4284b8b326e17241edddfac5cf7e383921e5a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -5959,15 +5959,6 @@ static int igb_tso(struct igb_ring *tx_ring,
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static inline bool igb_ipv6_csum_is_sctp(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	unsigned int offset = 0;
-
-	ipv6_find_hdr(skb, &offset, IPPROTO_SCTP, NULL, NULL);
-
-	return offset == skb_checksum_start_offset(skb);
-}
-
 static void igb_tx_csum(struct igb_ring *tx_ring, struct igb_tx_buffer *first)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb = first->skb;
@@ -5990,10 +5981,7 @@ static void igb_tx_csum(struct igb_ring *tx_ring, struct igb_tx_buffer *first)
 		break;
 	case offsetof(struct sctphdr, checksum):
 		/* validate that this is actually an SCTP request */
-		if (((first->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) &&
-		     (ip_hdr(skb)->protocol == IPPROTO_SCTP)) ||
-		    ((first->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) &&
-		     igb_ipv6_csum_is_sctp(skb))) {
+		if (skb_csum_is_sctp(skb)) {
 			type_tucmd = E1000_ADVTXD_TUCMD_L4T_SCTP;
 			break;
 		}