diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index d834a4865aec..a05654a55bd6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -2796,6 +2796,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t vxlan_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	    (ntohs(eth->h_proto) == ETH_P_IP ||
 	     ntohs(eth->h_proto) == ETH_P_IPV6)) {
 		did_rsc = route_shortcircuit(dev, skb);
+		eth = eth_hdr(skb);
 		if (did_rsc)
 			f = vxlan_find_mac_tx(vxlan, eth->h_dest, vni);
 	}