diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index 4002bd90201f..eb825ea52d6b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static void macvlan_broadcast(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			      struct net_device *src,
 			      enum macvlan_mode mode)
 {
-	const struct ethhdr *eth = eth_hdr(skb);
+	const struct ethhdr *eth = skb_eth_hdr(skb);
 	const struct macvlan_dev *vlan;
 	struct sk_buff *nskb;
 	unsigned int i;
diff --git a/include/linux/if_ether.h b/include/linux/if_ether.h
index d5569734f672..676cf8d0acca 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_ether.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_ether.h
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ static inline struct ethhdr *eth_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
 }
 
+/* Prefer this version in TX path, instead of
+ * skb_reset_mac_header() + eth_hdr()
+ */
+static inline struct ethhdr *skb_eth_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return (struct ethhdr *)skb->data;
+}
+
 int eth_header_parse(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned char *haddr);
 
 extern ssize_t sysfs_format_mac(char *buf, const unsigned char *addr, int len);