diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index 487e5739166415625465fa13e0c748dcf1b894ed..7afe991e900e25838c3e66f2ff185a5226f790ff 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ int ip6_rcv_finish(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
  *	upper-layer output functions
  */
 int ip6_xmit(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi6 *fl6,
-	     struct ipv6_txoptions *opt, int tclass);
+	     __u32 mark, struct ipv6_txoptions *opt, int tclass);
 
 int ip6_find_1stfragopt(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 **nexthdr);
 
diff --git a/net/dccp/ipv6.c b/net/dccp/ipv6.c
index adfc790f71935913801f90d3ab46b7c133af4ec3..c4e879c021868719d928f49e2ef2f5c5d1876534 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ipv6.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ipv6.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static int dccp_v6_send_response(const struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req
 		opt = ireq->ipv6_opt;
 		if (!opt)
 			opt = rcu_dereference(np->opt);
-		err = ip6_xmit(sk, skb, &fl6, opt, np->tclass);
+		err = ip6_xmit(sk, skb, &fl6, sk->sk_mark, opt, np->tclass);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		err = net_xmit_eval(err);
 	}
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static void dccp_v6_ctl_send_reset(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *rxskb)
 	dst = ip6_dst_lookup_flow(ctl_sk, &fl6, NULL);
 	if (!IS_ERR(dst)) {
 		skb_dst_set(skb, dst);
-		ip6_xmit(ctl_sk, skb, &fl6, NULL, 0);
+		ip6_xmit(ctl_sk, skb, &fl6, 0, NULL, 0);
 		DCCP_INC_STATS(DCCP_MIB_OUTSEGS);
 		DCCP_INC_STATS(DCCP_MIB_OUTRSTS);
 		return;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c
index 7396e75e161b83ee2b8a426bce0eb770884960dd..75c308239243305a508e62d01814d88da7248018 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ int inet6_csk_xmit(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi *fl_unused
 	/* Restore final destination back after routing done */
 	fl6.daddr = sk->sk_v6_daddr;
 
-	res = ip6_xmit(sk, skb, &fl6, rcu_dereference(np->opt),
+	res = ip6_xmit(sk, skb, &fl6, sk->sk_mark, rcu_dereference(np->opt),
 		       np->tclass);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return res;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 38122d04fadc646c27a5ccdf0eef5eb6d7923a27..2c0df09e90365ad38b5362f77c6e33a24fc062f0 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ int ip6_output(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
  * which are using proper atomic operations or spinlocks.
  */
 int ip6_xmit(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi6 *fl6,
-	     struct ipv6_txoptions *opt, int tclass)
+	     __u32 mark, struct ipv6_txoptions *opt, int tclass)
 {
 	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
 	const struct ipv6_pinfo *np = inet6_sk(sk);
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ int ip6_xmit(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi6 *fl6,
 
 	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IPV6);
 	skb->priority = sk->sk_priority;
-	skb->mark = sk->sk_mark;
+	skb->mark = mark;
 
 	mtu = dst_mtu(dst);
 	if ((skb->len <= mtu) || skb->ignore_df || skb_is_gso(skb)) {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 2b20622a5824a89cb034a69edd258daa20ff7696..cb8929681dc7597eebcc46026e4b6548f4bedadb 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ static int tcp_v6_send_synack(const struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
 		opt = ireq->ipv6_opt;
 		if (!opt)
 			opt = rcu_dereference(np->opt);
-		err = ip6_xmit(sk, skb, fl6, opt, np->tclass);
+		err = ip6_xmit(sk, skb, fl6, sk->sk_mark, opt, np->tclass);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		err = net_xmit_eval(err);
 	}
@@ -840,8 +840,7 @@ static void tcp_v6_send_response(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, u32
 	dst = ip6_dst_lookup_flow(ctl_sk, &fl6, NULL);
 	if (!IS_ERR(dst)) {
 		skb_dst_set(buff, dst);
-		ctl_sk->sk_mark = fl6.flowi6_mark;
-		ip6_xmit(ctl_sk, buff, &fl6, NULL, tclass);
+		ip6_xmit(ctl_sk, buff, &fl6, fl6.flowi6_mark, NULL, tclass);
 		TCP_INC_STATS(net, TCP_MIB_OUTSEGS);
 		if (rst)
 			TCP_INC_STATS(net, TCP_MIB_OUTRSTS);
diff --git a/net/sctp/ipv6.c b/net/sctp/ipv6.c
index 5ed8e79bf102e1c2a9ef1955aee6dba01869545e..64dfd35ccdcccbf35b2f6273565f2dbf89f941c5 100644
--- a/net/sctp/ipv6.c
+++ b/net/sctp/ipv6.c
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ static int sctp_v6_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sctp_transport *transport)
 	SCTP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), SCTP_MIB_OUTSCTPPACKS);
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	res = ip6_xmit(sk, skb, fl6, rcu_dereference(np->opt), np->tclass);
+	res = ip6_xmit(sk, skb, fl6, sk->sk_mark, rcu_dereference(np->opt),
+		       np->tclass);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return res;
 }