diff --git a/net/dccp/dccp.h b/net/dccp/dccp.h
index 287a62bc2e0ffb40c741743026231f04b37ff176..ba2ef94a230256e47e49179ced2d3324bd12acfb 100644
--- a/net/dccp/dccp.h
+++ b/net/dccp/dccp.h
@@ -325,6 +325,12 @@ static inline int dccp_bad_service_code(const struct sock *sk,
  * This is used for transmission as well as for reception.
  */
 struct dccp_skb_cb {
+	union {
+		struct inet_skb_parm	h4;
+#if defined(CONFIG_IPV6) || defined (CONFIG_IPV6_MODULE)
+		struct inet6_skb_parm	h6;
+#endif
+	} header;
 	__u8  dccpd_type:4;
 	__u8  dccpd_ccval:4;
 	__u8  dccpd_reset_code,
diff --git a/net/dccp/ipv4.c b/net/dccp/ipv4.c
index 474075adbde4d7c426fc960ef4079686cd185e2e..b3370441555570cea5a09d2003e5191c8a0680e7 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ipv4.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ipv4.c
@@ -489,7 +489,6 @@ static int dccp_v4_send_response(struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req,
 
 		dh->dccph_checksum = dccp_v4_csum_finish(skb, ireq->loc_addr,
 							      ireq->rmt_addr);
-		memset(&(IPCB(skb)->opt), 0, sizeof(IPCB(skb)->opt));
 		err = ip_build_and_send_pkt(skb, sk, ireq->loc_addr,
 					    ireq->rmt_addr,
 					    ireq->opt);
diff --git a/net/dccp/output.c b/net/dccp/output.c
index 3b763db3d863bbdd941080a24a1c0c7abff607e7..3d7d628d870d394d391af91b63a8a69c3adbf5c0 100644
--- a/net/dccp/output.c
+++ b/net/dccp/output.c
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ static int dccp_transmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 		DCCP_INC_STATS(DCCP_MIB_OUTSEGS);
 
-		memset(&(IPCB(skb)->opt), 0, sizeof(IPCB(skb)->opt));
 		err = icsk->icsk_af_ops->queue_xmit(skb, 0);
 		return net_xmit_eval(err);
 	}
diff --git a/net/dccp/proto.c b/net/dccp/proto.c
index e3f5d37b84be1817f2b69b0fe31c65e999ceb05d..c91d3c1fd30d4239018dd23c1c132680ab067435 100644
--- a/net/dccp/proto.c
+++ b/net/dccp/proto.c
@@ -1057,6 +1057,9 @@ static int __init dccp_init(void)
 	int ehash_order, bhash_order, i;
 	int rc = -ENOBUFS;
 
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct dccp_skb_cb) >
+		     FIELD_SIZEOF(struct sk_buff, cb));
+
 	dccp_hashinfo.bind_bucket_cachep =
 		kmem_cache_create("dccp_bind_bucket",
 				  sizeof(struct inet_bind_bucket), 0,