diff --git a/include/linux/ipv6.h b/include/linux/ipv6.h
index 2faef339d8f2bc2f0b9a4cc08446f21ea7879d50..c811300b0b0c9fe2b7a585be3ea5a1ad64c1cba1 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipv6.h
@@ -256,16 +256,6 @@ static inline struct ipv6_pinfo * inet6_sk(const struct sock *__sk)
 	return inet_sk(__sk)->pinet6;
 }
 
-static inline struct request_sock *inet6_reqsk_alloc(struct request_sock_ops *ops)
-{
-	struct request_sock *req = reqsk_alloc(ops);
-
-	if (req)
-		inet_rsk(req)->pktopts = NULL;
-
-	return req;
-}
-
 static inline struct raw6_sock *raw6_sk(const struct sock *sk)
 {
 	return (struct raw6_sock *)sk;
diff --git a/include/net/inet_sock.h b/include/net/inet_sock.h
index b1edf17bec01130f9751747c4d092e5de50aaeac..a829b77523cf3f28704dbc593ebf112802886951 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_sock.h
@@ -88,8 +88,10 @@ struct inet_request_sock {
 				acked	   : 1,
 				no_srccheck: 1;
 	kmemcheck_bitfield_end(flags);
-	struct ip_options_rcu	*opt;
-	struct sk_buff		*pktopts;
+	union {
+		struct ip_options_rcu	*opt;
+		struct sk_buff		*pktopts;
+	};
 	u32                     ir_mark;
 };
 
diff --git a/net/dccp/ipv6.c b/net/dccp/ipv6.c
index 4db3c2a1679cf24d668f0970d448af37aef8acda..04cb17d4b0cea9e9a0eac62f7e7f7135d7b9337c 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ipv6.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ipv6.c
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ static int dccp_v6_conn_request(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (sk_acceptq_is_full(sk) && inet_csk_reqsk_queue_young(sk) > 1)
 		goto drop;
 
-	req = inet6_reqsk_alloc(&dccp6_request_sock_ops);
+	req = inet_reqsk_alloc(&dccp6_request_sock_ops);
 	if (req == NULL)
 		goto drop;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/syncookies.c b/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
index a822b880689b5fea5adeed30956afd2328a9c8b9..83cea1d39466affce703d7c1b737a386bf3faecf 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ struct sock *cookie_v6_check(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		goto out;
 
 	ret = NULL;
-	req = inet6_reqsk_alloc(&tcp6_request_sock_ops);
+	req = inet_reqsk_alloc(&tcp6_request_sock_ops);
 	if (!req)
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index a962455471bafab27599e2cb5bd9941cbd57cc1a..5e2d7e655c0f3706dd494978968a9412ab027db7 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ static int tcp_v6_conn_request(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		goto drop;
 	}
 
-	req = inet6_reqsk_alloc(&tcp6_request_sock_ops);
+	req = inet_reqsk_alloc(&tcp6_request_sock_ops);
 	if (req == NULL)
 		goto drop;