diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
index e7ffe63925fd..f438cdf83e55 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
@@ -954,15 +954,6 @@ static void igc_tx_ctxtdesc(struct igc_ring *tx_ring,
 	}
 }
 
-static inline bool igc_ipv6_csum_is_sctp(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	unsigned int offset = 0;
-
-	ipv6_find_hdr(skb, &offset, IPPROTO_SCTP, NULL, NULL);
-
-	return offset == skb_checksum_start_offset(skb);
-}
-
 static void igc_tx_csum(struct igc_ring *tx_ring, struct igc_tx_buffer *first)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb = first->skb;
@@ -985,10 +976,7 @@ csum_failed:
 		break;
 	case offsetof(struct sctphdr, checksum):
 		/* validate that this is actually an SCTP request */
-		if ((first->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP) &&
-		     (ip_hdr(skb)->protocol == IPPROTO_SCTP)) ||
-		    (first->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6) &&
-		     igc_ipv6_csum_is_sctp(skb))) {
+		if (skb_csum_is_sctp(skb)) {
 			type_tucmd = IGC_ADVTXD_TUCMD_L4T_SCTP;
 			break;
 		}