diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bnad.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bnad.c
index ff8cae5e2535b6e068159180105f84b2ff922b1d..ffc92a41d75be550d27698af6ca3e600d9a146fe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bnad.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bnad.c
@@ -2506,7 +2506,7 @@ bnad_tso_prepare(struct bnad *bnad, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	 * For TSO, the TCP checksum field is seeded with pseudo-header sum
 	 * excluding the length field.
 	 */
-	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
+	if (vlan_get_protocol(skb) == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
 		struct iphdr *iph = ip_hdr(skb);
 
 		/* Do we really need these? */
@@ -2870,12 +2870,13 @@ bnad_txq_wi_prepare(struct bnad *bnad, struct bna_tcb *tcb,
 		}
 
 		if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
+			__be16 net_proto = vlan_get_protocol(skb);
 			u8 proto = 0;
 
-			if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
+			if (net_proto == htons(ETH_P_IP))
 				proto = ip_hdr(skb)->protocol;
 #ifdef NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM
-			else if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) {
+			else if (net_proto == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) {
 				/* nexthdr may not be TCP immediately. */
 				proto = ipv6_hdr(skb)->nexthdr;
 			}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c
index a0b418e007a0d09303a32838d8acf1a06ca9d061..566b17db135a306a2bb8eea0ce167a70e6e165f4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c
@@ -1994,7 +1994,7 @@ static void xmit_common(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ehea_swqe *swqe)
 {
 	swqe->tx_control |= EHEA_SWQE_IMM_DATA_PRESENT | EHEA_SWQE_CRC;
 
-	if (skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_IP))
+	if (vlan_get_protocol(skb) != htons(ETH_P_IP))
 		return;
 
 	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
index cbc330b301cdcfb8dd7e62695700a4e4ee2920e6..ad3d5d12173faea9992f9e46f74f57e21043b05d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -2674,7 +2674,8 @@ static void e1000_set_itr(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 #define E1000_TX_FLAGS_VLAN_SHIFT	16
 
 static int e1000_tso(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
-		     struct e1000_tx_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb)
+		     struct e1000_tx_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb,
+		     __be16 protocol)
 {
 	struct e1000_context_desc *context_desc;
 	struct e1000_buffer *buffer_info;
@@ -2692,7 +2693,7 @@ static int e1000_tso(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
 
 		hdr_len = skb_transport_offset(skb) + tcp_hdrlen(skb);
 		mss = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size;
-		if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
+		if (protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
 			struct iphdr *iph = ip_hdr(skb);
 			iph->tot_len = 0;
 			iph->check = 0;
@@ -2702,7 +2703,7 @@ static int e1000_tso(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
 								 0);
 			cmd_length = E1000_TXD_CMD_IP;
 			ipcse = skb_transport_offset(skb) - 1;
-		} else if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) {
+		} else if (skb_is_gso_v6(skb)) {
 			ipv6_hdr(skb)->payload_len = 0;
 			tcp_hdr(skb)->check =
 				~csum_ipv6_magic(&ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr,
@@ -2745,7 +2746,8 @@ static int e1000_tso(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
 }
 
 static bool e1000_tx_csum(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
-			  struct e1000_tx_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb)
+			  struct e1000_tx_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb,
+			  __be16 protocol)
 {
 	struct e1000_context_desc *context_desc;
 	struct e1000_buffer *buffer_info;
@@ -2756,7 +2758,7 @@ static bool e1000_tx_csum(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
 	if (skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)
 		return false;
 
-	switch (skb->protocol) {
+	switch (protocol) {
 	case cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_IP):
 		if (ip_hdr(skb)->protocol == IPPROTO_TCP)
 			cmd_len |= E1000_TXD_CMD_TCP;
@@ -3097,6 +3099,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t e1000_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	int count = 0;
 	int tso;
 	unsigned int f;
+	__be16 protocol = vlan_get_protocol(skb);
 
 	/* This goes back to the question of how to logically map a Tx queue
 	 * to a flow.  Right now, performance is impacted slightly negatively
@@ -3210,7 +3213,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t e1000_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	first = tx_ring->next_to_use;
 
-	tso = e1000_tso(adapter, tx_ring, skb);
+	tso = e1000_tso(adapter, tx_ring, skb, protocol);
 	if (tso < 0) {
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
@@ -3220,10 +3223,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t e1000_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		if (likely(hw->mac_type != e1000_82544))
 			tx_ring->last_tx_tso = true;
 		tx_flags |= E1000_TX_FLAGS_TSO;
-	} else if (likely(e1000_tx_csum(adapter, tx_ring, skb)))
+	} else if (likely(e1000_tx_csum(adapter, tx_ring, skb, protocol)))
 		tx_flags |= E1000_TX_FLAGS_CSUM;
 
-	if (likely(skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)))
+	if (protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
 		tx_flags |= E1000_TX_FLAGS_IPV4;
 
 	if (unlikely(skb->no_fcs))
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
index 65c3aef2bd36a2ee01bab5a11649caa589b83c95..247335d2c7ec26cb9c50bb93c6a675b4ff35879a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -5164,7 +5164,8 @@ static void e1000_watchdog_task(struct work_struct *work)
 #define E1000_TX_FLAGS_VLAN_MASK	0xffff0000
 #define E1000_TX_FLAGS_VLAN_SHIFT	16
 
-static int e1000_tso(struct e1000_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb)
+static int e1000_tso(struct e1000_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb,
+		     __be16 protocol)
 {
 	struct e1000_context_desc *context_desc;
 	struct e1000_buffer *buffer_info;
@@ -5183,7 +5184,7 @@ static int e1000_tso(struct e1000_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	hdr_len = skb_transport_offset(skb) + tcp_hdrlen(skb);
 	mss = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size;
-	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
+	if (protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
 		struct iphdr *iph = ip_hdr(skb);
 		iph->tot_len = 0;
 		iph->check = 0;
@@ -5231,7 +5232,8 @@ static int e1000_tso(struct e1000_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static bool e1000_tx_csum(struct e1000_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb)
+static bool e1000_tx_csum(struct e1000_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb,
+			  __be16 protocol)
 {
 	struct e1000_adapter *adapter = tx_ring->adapter;
 	struct e1000_context_desc *context_desc;
@@ -5239,16 +5241,10 @@ static bool e1000_tx_csum(struct e1000_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	unsigned int i;
 	u8 css;
 	u32 cmd_len = E1000_TXD_CMD_DEXT;
-	__be16 protocol;
 
 	if (skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)
 		return false;
 
-	if (skb->protocol == cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_8021Q))
-		protocol = vlan_eth_hdr(skb)->h_vlan_encapsulated_proto;
-	else
-		protocol = skb->protocol;
-
 	switch (protocol) {
 	case cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_IP):
 		if (ip_hdr(skb)->protocol == IPPROTO_TCP)
@@ -5546,6 +5542,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t e1000_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	int count = 0;
 	int tso;
 	unsigned int f;
+	__be16 protocol = vlan_get_protocol(skb);
 
 	if (test_bit(__E1000_DOWN, &adapter->state)) {
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
@@ -5620,7 +5617,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t e1000_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	first = tx_ring->next_to_use;
 
-	tso = e1000_tso(tx_ring, skb);
+	tso = e1000_tso(tx_ring, skb, protocol);
 	if (tso < 0) {
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
@@ -5628,14 +5625,14 @@ static netdev_tx_t e1000_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	if (tso)
 		tx_flags |= E1000_TX_FLAGS_TSO;
-	else if (e1000_tx_csum(tx_ring, skb))
+	else if (e1000_tx_csum(tx_ring, skb, protocol))
 		tx_flags |= E1000_TX_FLAGS_CSUM;
 
 	/* Old method was to assume IPv4 packet by default if TSO was enabled.
 	 * 82571 hardware supports TSO capabilities for IPv6 as well...
 	 * no longer assume, we must.
 	 */
-	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
+	if (protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
 		tx_flags |= E1000_TX_FLAGS_IPV4;
 
 	if (unlikely(skb->no_fcs))
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index a51aa37b7b5af10a5204c1ef8329ce9229b1ce57..369848e107f8ed37952b4849ed632655f598b6ba 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -2295,7 +2295,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t i40e_xmit_frame_ring(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		goto out_drop;
 
 	/* obtain protocol of skb */
-	protocol = skb->protocol;
+	protocol = vlan_get_protocol(skb);
 
 	/* record the location of the first descriptor for this packet */
 	first = &tx_ring->tx_bi[tx_ring->next_to_use];
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
index 79bf96ca648954b390dbf60728ae687181292097..95a3ec236b4951ab7166637159393df569da97fb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -1597,7 +1597,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t i40e_xmit_frame_ring(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		goto out_drop;
 
 	/* obtain protocol of skb */
-	protocol = skb->protocol;
+	protocol = vlan_get_protocol(skb);
 
 	/* record the location of the first descriptor for this packet */
 	first = &tx_ring->tx_bi[tx_ring->next_to_use];
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index c9f1d1b7ef378bef042b12c9e00f5bf2786594a8..133f8c6444e0cf7a2e75b6becab04d86766c000a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -1371,15 +1371,16 @@ static u32 mvneta_skb_tx_csum(struct mvneta_port *pp, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
 		int ip_hdr_len = 0;
+		__be16 l3_proto = vlan_get_protocol(skb);
 		u8 l4_proto;
 
-		if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
+		if (l3_proto == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
 			struct iphdr *ip4h = ip_hdr(skb);
 
 			/* Calculate IPv4 checksum and L4 checksum */
 			ip_hdr_len = ip4h->ihl;
 			l4_proto = ip4h->protocol;
-		} else if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) {
+		} else if (l3_proto == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) {
 			struct ipv6hdr *ip6h = ipv6_hdr(skb);
 
 			/* Read l4_protocol from one of IPv6 extra headers */
@@ -1390,7 +1391,7 @@ static u32 mvneta_skb_tx_csum(struct mvneta_port *pp, struct sk_buff *skb)
 			return MVNETA_TX_L4_CSUM_NOT;
 
 		return mvneta_txq_desc_csum(skb_network_offset(skb),
-				skb->protocol, ip_hdr_len, l4_proto);
+					    l3_proto, ip_hdr_len, l4_proto);
 	}
 
 	return MVNETA_TX_L4_CSUM_NOT;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
index 188626e2a861d317510617dce742595b88bd3abd..3e96f269150d197253fdcdf3066c1a2da5b62985 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -2556,6 +2556,7 @@ static int ql_tso(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ob_mac_tso_iocb_req *mac_iocb_ptr)
 
 	if (skb_is_gso(skb)) {
 		int err;
+		__be16 l3_proto = vlan_get_protocol(skb);
 
 		err = skb_cow_head(skb, 0);
 		if (err < 0)
@@ -2572,7 +2573,7 @@ static int ql_tso(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ob_mac_tso_iocb_req *mac_iocb_ptr)
 				<< OB_MAC_TRANSPORT_HDR_SHIFT);
 		mac_iocb_ptr->mss = cpu_to_le16(skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size);
 		mac_iocb_ptr->flags2 |= OB_MAC_TSO_IOCB_LSO;
-		if (likely(skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))) {
+		if (likely(l3_proto == htons(ETH_P_IP))) {
 			struct iphdr *iph = ip_hdr(skb);
 			iph->check = 0;
 			mac_iocb_ptr->flags1 |= OB_MAC_TSO_IOCB_IP4;
@@ -2580,7 +2581,7 @@ static int ql_tso(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ob_mac_tso_iocb_req *mac_iocb_ptr)
 								 iph->daddr, 0,
 								 IPPROTO_TCP,
 								 0);
-		} else if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) {
+		} else if (l3_proto == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) {
 			mac_iocb_ptr->flags1 |= OB_MAC_TSO_IOCB_IP6;
 			tcp_hdr(skb)->check =
 			    ~csum_ipv6_magic(&ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr,