diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 0c9ca67f66e6db4e4ecb0480b5c9cbe5de8a332c..09bd4410fa651d665ea6163fb2ca51e83c21b41c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ static int xmit_skb(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	}
 
 	if (skb_is_gso(skb)) {
-		hdr->hdr_len = skb_transport_header(skb) - skb->data;
+		hdr->hdr_len = skb_headlen(skb);
 		hdr->gso_size = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size;
 		if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_TCPV4)
 			hdr->gso_type = VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_TCPV4;