diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index c92ebe8f80d555c4ae9a54074f10faed3865cb22..075f540ec1975cdce6148e75661219cfe5decb6e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ static void tcp_v6_send_response(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 seq, u32 ack, u32 win,
 	skb_reserve(buff, MAX_HEADER + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) + tot_len);
 
 	t1 = (struct tcphdr *) skb_push(buff, tot_len);
-	skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
+	skb_reset_transport_header(buff);
 
 	/* Swap the send and the receive. */
 	memset(t1, 0, sizeof(*t1));