diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
index 57f57e2fc80a..036c8586f49b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ synproxy_tstamp_adjust(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int protoff,
 	if (skb_ensure_writable(skb, optend))
 		return 0;
 
+	th = (struct tcphdr *)(skb->data + protoff);
+
 	while (optoff < optend) {
 		unsigned char *op = skb->data + optoff;