diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index f8cca81d66f2..e39dc94486b2 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ int ip6_fragment(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				inet6_sk(skb->sk) : NULL;
 	struct ipv6hdr *tmp_hdr;
 	struct frag_hdr *fh;
-	unsigned int mtu, hlen, left, len;
+	unsigned int mtu, hlen, left, len, nexthdr_offset;
 	int hroom, troom;
 	__be32 frag_id;
 	int ptr, offset = 0, err = 0;
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ int ip6_fragment(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		goto fail;
 	hlen = err;
 	nexthdr = *prevhdr;
+	nexthdr_offset = prevhdr - skb_network_header(skb);
 
 	mtu = ip6_skb_dst_mtu(skb);
 
@@ -620,6 +621,7 @@ int ip6_fragment(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	    (err = skb_checksum_help(skb)))
 		goto fail;
 
+	prevhdr = skb_network_header(skb) + nexthdr_offset;
 	hroom = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(rt->dst.dev);
 	if (skb_has_frag_list(skb)) {
 		int first_len = skb_pagelen(skb);