diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
index 63c807c..edea13b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
@@ -1907,7 +1907,8 @@
 
 static int igbvf_tso(struct igbvf_adapter *adapter,
                      struct igbvf_ring *tx_ring,
-                     struct sk_buff *skb, u32 tx_flags, u8 *hdr_len)
+		     struct sk_buff *skb, u32 tx_flags, u8 *hdr_len,
+		     __be16 protocol)
 {
 	struct e1000_adv_tx_context_desc *context_desc;
 	struct igbvf_buffer *buffer_info;
@@ -1927,7 +1928,7 @@
 	l4len = tcp_hdrlen(skb);
 	*hdr_len += l4len;
 
-	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
+	if (protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
 		struct iphdr *iph = ip_hdr(skb);
 		iph->tot_len = 0;
 		iph->check = 0;
@@ -1958,7 +1959,7 @@
 	/* ADV DTYP TUCMD MKRLOC/ISCSIHEDLEN */
 	tu_cmd |= (E1000_TXD_CMD_DEXT | E1000_ADVTXD_DTYP_CTXT);
 
-	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
+	if (protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
 		tu_cmd |= E1000_ADVTXD_TUCMD_IPV4;
 	tu_cmd |= E1000_ADVTXD_TUCMD_L4T_TCP;
 
@@ -1984,7 +1985,8 @@
 
 static inline bool igbvf_tx_csum(struct igbvf_adapter *adapter,
                                  struct igbvf_ring *tx_ring,
-                                 struct sk_buff *skb, u32 tx_flags)
+				 struct sk_buff *skb, u32 tx_flags,
+				 __be16 protocol)
 {
 	struct e1000_adv_tx_context_desc *context_desc;
 	unsigned int i;
@@ -2011,7 +2013,7 @@
 		tu_cmd |= (E1000_TXD_CMD_DEXT | E1000_ADVTXD_DTYP_CTXT);
 
 		if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
-			switch (skb->protocol) {
+			switch (protocol) {
 			case htons(ETH_P_IP):
 				tu_cmd |= E1000_ADVTXD_TUCMD_IPV4;
 				if (ip_hdr(skb)->protocol == IPPROTO_TCP)
@@ -2211,6 +2213,7 @@
 	u8 hdr_len = 0;
 	int count = 0;
 	int tso = 0;
+	__be16 protocol = vlan_get_protocol(skb);
 
 	if (test_bit(__IGBVF_DOWN, &adapter->state)) {
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
@@ -2239,13 +2242,13 @@
 		tx_flags |= (vlan_tx_tag_get(skb) << IGBVF_TX_FLAGS_VLAN_SHIFT);
 	}
 
-	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
+	if (protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
 		tx_flags |= IGBVF_TX_FLAGS_IPV4;
 
 	first = tx_ring->next_to_use;
 
 	tso = skb_is_gso(skb) ?
-		igbvf_tso(adapter, tx_ring, skb, tx_flags, &hdr_len) : 0;
+		igbvf_tso(adapter, tx_ring, skb, tx_flags, &hdr_len, protocol) : 0;
 	if (unlikely(tso < 0)) {
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
@@ -2253,7 +2256,7 @@
 
 	if (tso)
 		tx_flags |= IGBVF_TX_FLAGS_TSO;
-	else if (igbvf_tx_csum(adapter, tx_ring, skb, tx_flags) &&
+	else if (igbvf_tx_csum(adapter, tx_ring, skb, tx_flags, protocol) &&
 	         (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL))
 		tx_flags |= IGBVF_TX_FLAGS_CSUM;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 2ed2c7d..67b02bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -7227,11 +7227,11 @@
 		if (!vhdr)
 			goto out_drop;
 
-		protocol = vhdr->h_vlan_encapsulated_proto;
 		tx_flags |= ntohs(vhdr->h_vlan_TCI) <<
 				  IXGBE_TX_FLAGS_VLAN_SHIFT;
 		tx_flags |= IXGBE_TX_FLAGS_SW_VLAN;
 	}
+	protocol = vlan_get_protocol(skb);
 
 	if (unlikely(skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP) &&
 	    adapter->ptp_clock &&
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 62a0d8e..38c7a0b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -3099,7 +3099,7 @@
 	/* ADV DTYP TUCMD MKRLOC/ISCSIHEDLEN */
 	type_tucmd = IXGBE_ADVTXD_TUCMD_L4T_TCP;
 
-	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
+	if (first->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
 		struct iphdr *iph = ip_hdr(skb);
 		iph->tot_len = 0;
 		iph->check = 0;
@@ -3156,7 +3156,7 @@
 
 	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
 		u8 l4_hdr = 0;
-		switch (skb->protocol) {
+		switch (first->protocol) {
 		case htons(ETH_P_IP):
 			vlan_macip_lens |= skb_network_header_len(skb);
 			type_tucmd |= IXGBE_ADVTXD_TUCMD_IPV4;
diff --git a/include/linux/if_vlan.h b/include/linux/if_vlan.h
index 515a35e2..960e666 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_vlan.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_vlan.h
@@ -472,27 +472,59 @@
 /**
  * vlan_get_protocol - get protocol EtherType.
  * @skb: skbuff to query
+ * @type: first vlan protocol
+ * @depth: buffer to store length of eth and vlan tags in bytes
  *
  * Returns the EtherType of the packet, regardless of whether it is
  * vlan encapsulated (normal or hardware accelerated) or not.
  */
-static inline __be16 vlan_get_protocol(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+static inline __be16 __vlan_get_protocol(struct sk_buff *skb, __be16 type,
+					 int *depth)
 {
-	__be16 protocol = 0;
+	unsigned int vlan_depth = skb->mac_len;
 
-	if (vlan_tx_tag_present(skb) ||
-	     skb->protocol != cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_8021Q))
-		protocol = skb->protocol;
-	else {
-		__be16 proto, *protop;
-		protop = skb_header_pointer(skb, offsetof(struct vlan_ethhdr,
-						h_vlan_encapsulated_proto),
-						sizeof(proto), &proto);
-		if (likely(protop))
-			protocol = *protop;
+	/* if type is 802.1Q/AD then the header should already be
+	 * present at mac_len - VLAN_HLEN (if mac_len > 0), or at
+	 * ETH_HLEN otherwise
+	 */
+	if (type == htons(ETH_P_8021Q) || type == htons(ETH_P_8021AD)) {
+		if (vlan_depth) {
+			if (WARN_ON(vlan_depth < VLAN_HLEN))
+				return 0;
+			vlan_depth -= VLAN_HLEN;
+		} else {
+			vlan_depth = ETH_HLEN;
+		}
+		do {
+			struct vlan_hdr *vh;
+
+			if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb,
+						    vlan_depth + VLAN_HLEN)))
+				return 0;
+
+			vh = (struct vlan_hdr *)(skb->data + vlan_depth);
+			type = vh->h_vlan_encapsulated_proto;
+			vlan_depth += VLAN_HLEN;
+		} while (type == htons(ETH_P_8021Q) ||
+			 type == htons(ETH_P_8021AD));
 	}
 
-	return protocol;
+	if (depth)
+		*depth = vlan_depth;
+
+	return type;
+}
+
+/**
+ * vlan_get_protocol - get protocol EtherType.
+ * @skb: skbuff to query
+ *
+ * Returns the EtherType of the packet, regardless of whether it is
+ * vlan encapsulated (normal or hardware accelerated) or not.
+ */
+static inline __be16 vlan_get_protocol(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return __vlan_get_protocol(skb, skb->protocol, NULL);
 }
 
 static inline void vlan_set_encap_proto(struct sk_buff *skb,
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 171420e..c87a226 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2352,7 +2352,6 @@
 
 __be16 skb_network_protocol(struct sk_buff *skb, int *depth)
 {
-	unsigned int vlan_depth = skb->mac_len;
 	__be16 type = skb->protocol;
 
 	/* Tunnel gso handlers can set protocol to ethernet. */
@@ -2366,35 +2365,7 @@
 		type = eth->h_proto;
 	}
 
-	/* if skb->protocol is 802.1Q/AD then the header should already be
-	 * present at mac_len - VLAN_HLEN (if mac_len > 0), or at
-	 * ETH_HLEN otherwise
-	 */
-	if (type == htons(ETH_P_8021Q) || type == htons(ETH_P_8021AD)) {
-		if (vlan_depth) {
-			if (WARN_ON(vlan_depth < VLAN_HLEN))
-				return 0;
-			vlan_depth -= VLAN_HLEN;
-		} else {
-			vlan_depth = ETH_HLEN;
-		}
-		do {
-			struct vlan_hdr *vh;
-
-			if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb,
-						    vlan_depth + VLAN_HLEN)))
-				return 0;
-
-			vh = (struct vlan_hdr *)(skb->data + vlan_depth);
-			type = vh->h_vlan_encapsulated_proto;
-			vlan_depth += VLAN_HLEN;
-		} while (type == htons(ETH_P_8021Q) ||
-			 type == htons(ETH_P_8021AD));
-	}
-
-	*depth = vlan_depth;
-
-	return type;
+	return __vlan_get_protocol(skb, type, depth);
 }
 
 /**