diff --git a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
index 5f983644373a230890b25189865af73f5e2b3b44..aa48302f00a1887448220f143b3ce96ecfb7f6d5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ _decode_session6(struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi *fl, int reverse)
 {
 	struct flowi6 *fl6 = &fl->u.ip6;
 	int onlyproto = 0;
-	u16 offset = skb_network_header_len(skb);
 	const struct ipv6hdr *hdr = ipv6_hdr(skb);
+	u16 offset = sizeof(*hdr);
 	struct ipv6_opt_hdr *exthdr;
 	const unsigned char *nh = skb_network_header(skb);
 	u8 nexthdr = nh[IP6CB(skb)->nhoff];