diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 2c637e9a0b277ff2a987edf139622d7580b43e02..c3c7b27c112d805cc2c2e0011501d65fddbc44d1 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ static void netpoll_neigh_reply(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netpoll_info *npinfo
 		return;
 
 	proto = ntohs(eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto);
-	if (proto == ETH_P_IP) {
+	if (proto == ETH_P_ARP) {
 		struct arphdr *arp;
 		unsigned char *arp_ptr;
 		/* No arp on this interface */