diff --git a/net/ipv6/datagram.c b/net/ipv6/datagram.c
index 3b4e8dcf4c86f7992ab69ee64909f79ce30e813b..31a20f17c854c46f67c3e585e63115ec52816545 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/datagram.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/datagram.c
@@ -251,8 +251,9 @@ void ipv6_local_error(struct sock *sk, int err, struct flowi *fl, u32 info)
 	if (!skb)
 		return;
 
-	iph = (struct ipv6hdr*)skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
-	skb->nh.ipv6h = iph;
+	skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
+	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
+	iph = skb->nh.ipv6h;
 	ipv6_addr_copy(&iph->daddr, &fl->fl6_dst);
 
 	serr = SKB_EXT_ERR(skb);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_REJECT.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_REJECT.c
index 6abee94c929fc70b020702ad70659b4566900969..4441bed430f87bd2c39503dd64e786e9b8f656ed 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_REJECT.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_REJECT.c
@@ -120,8 +120,9 @@ static void send_reset(struct sk_buff *oldskb)
 
 	skb_reserve(nskb, hh_len + dst->header_len);
 
-	ip6h = nskb->nh.ipv6h = (struct ipv6hdr *)
-					skb_put(nskb, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
+	skb_put(nskb, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
+	skb_reset_network_header(nskb);
+	ip6h = nskb->nh.ipv6h;
 	ip6h->version = 6;
 	ip6h->hop_limit = dst_metric(dst, RTAX_HOPLIMIT);
 	ip6h->nexthdr = IPPROTO_TCP;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/raw.c b/net/ipv6/raw.c
index 203e069e7fe98f88240650e8f0dde892e29fa156..5f26645195dc88ae046130da4e95b78d7d249bec 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/raw.c
@@ -575,7 +575,9 @@ static int rawv6_send_hdrinc(struct sock *sk, void *from, int length,
 	skb->priority = sk->sk_priority;
 	skb->dst = dst_clone(&rt->u.dst);
 
-	skb->nh.ipv6h = iph = (struct ipv6hdr *)skb_put(skb, length);
+	skb_put(skb, length);
+	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
+	iph = skb->nh.ipv6h;
 
 	skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
 
diff --git a/net/sctp/ipv6.c b/net/sctp/ipv6.c
index 0b9c49b3a10000a07b391e164715cae8e322565f..5f9b145b0b90ca21c0d9dafca93697e5aacfbc0b 100644
--- a/net/sctp/ipv6.c
+++ b/net/sctp/ipv6.c
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ SCTP_STATIC void sctp_v6_err(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_skb_parm *opt,
 			     int type, int code, int offset, __be32 info)
 {
 	struct inet6_dev *idev;
-	struct ipv6hdr *iph = (struct ipv6hdr *)skb->data;
 	struct sctphdr *sh = (struct sctphdr *)(skb->data + offset);
 	struct sock *sk;
 	struct sctp_association *asoc;
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ SCTP_STATIC void sctp_v6_err(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_skb_parm *opt,
 	/* Fix up skb to look at the embedded net header. */
 	saveip = skb->nh.raw;
 	savesctp  = skb->h.raw;
-	skb->nh.ipv6h = iph;
+	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 	skb->h.raw = (char *)sh;
 	sk = sctp_err_lookup(AF_INET6, skb, sh, &asoc, &transport);
 	/* Put back, the original pointers. */