diff --git a/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c b/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
index 47c5502a34a2..cf90f933ca1a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
@@ -966,9 +966,9 @@ static bool ipv6_hop_ioam(struct sk_buff *skb, int optoff)
 		if (skb_ensure_writable(skb, optoff + 2 + hdr->opt_len))
 			goto drop;
 
-		/* Trace pointer may have changed */
-		trace = (struct ioam6_trace_hdr *)(skb_network_header(skb)
-						   + optoff + sizeof(*hdr));
+		/* Trace and hdr pointers may have changed */
+		hdr = (struct ioam6_hdr *)(skb_network_header(skb) + optoff);
+		trace = (struct ioam6_trace_hdr *)((u8 *)hdr + sizeof(*hdr));
 
 		ioam6_fill_trace_data(skb, ns, trace, true);