diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 2ed2c7de230444f88c3f06451d7cc8a7167f5f05..67b02bde179e9df1472f5b751b30e11b8f3ba34f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -7227,11 +7227,11 @@ netdev_tx_t ixgbe_xmit_frame_ring(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		if (!vhdr)
 			goto out_drop;
 
-		protocol = vhdr->h_vlan_encapsulated_proto;
 		tx_flags |= ntohs(vhdr->h_vlan_TCI) <<
 				  IXGBE_TX_FLAGS_VLAN_SHIFT;
 		tx_flags |= IXGBE_TX_FLAGS_SW_VLAN;
 	}
+	protocol = vlan_get_protocol(skb);
 
 	if (unlikely(skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP) &&
 	    adapter->ptp_clock &&