diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 4e09398009c10a72478b43d3cffc24ba01612b91..6998707e81f343ef8d893c0b2ba16db541082230 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -844,12 +844,11 @@ static inline int tcp_v6_sdif(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 }
 #endif
 
-/* TCP_SKB_CB reference means this can not be used from early demux */
 static inline bool inet_exact_dif_match(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NET_L3_MASTER_DEV)
 	if (!net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_l3mdev_accept &&
-	    skb && ipv4_l3mdev_skb(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->header.h4.flags))
+	    skb && ipv4_l3mdev_skb(IPCB(skb)->flags))
 		return true;
 #endif
 	return false;