diff --git a/net/ipv4/ah4.c b/net/ipv4/ah4.c
index 33ca18603e3bdb73bb762355d97e226fbc6fa311..c7056b2e831f6d107c3d1aaa993b3b2b6b23f2d1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ah4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ah4.c
@@ -262,12 +262,12 @@ static void ah_input_done(struct crypto_async_request *base, int err)
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
+	err = ah->nexthdr;
+
 	skb->network_header += ah_hlen;
 	memcpy(skb_network_header(skb), work_iph, ihl);
 	__skb_pull(skb, ah_hlen + ihl);
 	skb_set_transport_header(skb, -ihl);
-
-	err = ah->nexthdr;
 out:
 	kfree(AH_SKB_CB(skb)->tmp);
 	xfrm_input_resume(skb, err);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ah6.c b/net/ipv6/ah6.c
index ede4d9d6cc2b6cd6e94dadcc7a17f4ef3d27a4b8..7a33aaa0022785734a22f7d279e187f65b8072b4 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ah6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ah6.c
@@ -464,12 +464,12 @@ static void ah6_input_done(struct crypto_async_request *base, int err)
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
+	err = ah->nexthdr;
+
 	skb->network_header += ah_hlen;
 	memcpy(skb_network_header(skb), work_iph, hdr_len);
 	__skb_pull(skb, ah_hlen + hdr_len);
 	skb_set_transport_header(skb, -hdr_len);
-
-	err = ah->nexthdr;
 out:
 	kfree(AH_SKB_CB(skb)->tmp);
 	xfrm_input_resume(skb, err);