diff --git a/net/ipv6/tunnel6.c b/net/ipv6/tunnel6.c
index 6323921b40be..669f280989c3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tunnel6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tunnel6.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static int tunnel46_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct xfrm6_tunnel *handler;
 
-	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr)))
+	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct iphdr)))
 		goto drop;
 
 	for (handler = tunnel46_handlers; handler; handler = handler->next)