diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c
index 6cd50106e6112..d7fb6302d699b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c
@@ -496,7 +496,6 @@ static int ipvlan_process_v6_outbound(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 static int ipvlan_process_outbound(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	struct ethhdr *ethh = eth_hdr(skb);
 	int ret = NET_XMIT_DROP;
 
 	/* The ipvlan is a pseudo-L2 device, so the packets that we receive
@@ -506,6 +505,8 @@ static int ipvlan_process_outbound(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)) {
 		/* In this mode we dont care about
 		 * multicast and broadcast traffic */
+		struct ethhdr *ethh = eth_hdr(skb);
+
 		if (is_multicast_ether_addr(ethh->h_dest)) {
 			pr_debug_ratelimited(
 				"Dropped {multi|broad}cast of type=[%x]\n",
@@ -590,7 +591,7 @@ static int ipvlan_xmit_mode_l3(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 static int ipvlan_xmit_mode_l2(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	const struct ipvl_dev *ipvlan = netdev_priv(dev);
-	struct ethhdr *eth = eth_hdr(skb);
+	struct ethhdr *eth = skb_eth_hdr(skb);
 	struct ipvl_addr *addr;
 	void *lyr3h;
 	int addr_type;
@@ -620,6 +621,7 @@ static int ipvlan_xmit_mode_l2(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		return dev_forward_skb(ipvlan->phy_dev, skb);
 
 	} else if (is_multicast_ether_addr(eth->h_dest)) {
+		skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 		ipvlan_skb_crossing_ns(skb, NULL);
 		ipvlan_multicast_enqueue(ipvlan->port, skb, true);
 		return NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;