diff --git a/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c b/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c
index 58e1b3c97ed7369291468bd808207b301112da6c..8a4cc2f7f0db2a277e4281d5be62d76c7446a716 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c
@@ -307,6 +307,9 @@ static int recv_pkt(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 
 	/* check that it's our buffer */
 	if (lowpan_is_ipv6(*skb_network_header(skb))) {
+		/* Pull off the 1-byte of 6lowpan header. */
+		skb_pull(skb, 1);
+
 		/* Copy the packet so that the IPv6 header is
 		 * properly aligned.
 		 */