diff --git a/net/ipv6/udp_offload.c b/net/ipv6/udp_offload.c
index 08e23b0bf302e9..e7359f9eaa8d4d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/udp_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/udp_offload.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *udp6_ufo_fragment(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 		/* Check if there is enough headroom to insert fragment header. */
 		tnl_hlen = skb_tnl_header_len(skb);
-		if (skb_headroom(skb) < (tnl_hlen + frag_hdr_sz)) {
+		if (skb->mac_header < (tnl_hlen + frag_hdr_sz)) {
 			if (gso_pskb_expand_head(skb, tnl_hlen + frag_hdr_sz))
 				goto out;
 		}