diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
index 4a018acb5262..6874a1a8edaf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ static int pppoe_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *m,
 	dev_hard_header(skb, dev, ETH_P_PPP_SES,
 			po->pppoe_pa.remote, NULL, total_len);
 
+	ph = pppoe_hdr(skb);
 	memcpy(ph, &hdr, sizeof(struct pppoe_hdr));
 
 	ph->length = htons(total_len);