diff --git a/drivers/net/netkit.c b/drivers/net/netkit.c
index 272894053e2c..16789cd446e9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netkit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netkit.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ static void netkit_prep_forward(struct sk_buff *skb, bool xnet)
 	skb_scrub_packet(skb, xnet);
 	skb->priority = 0;
 	nf_skip_egress(skb, true);
+	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 }
 
 static struct netkit *netkit_priv(const struct net_device *dev)
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t netkit_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		     skb_orphan_frags(skb, GFP_ATOMIC)))
 		goto drop;
 	netkit_prep_forward(skb, !net_eq(dev_net(dev), dev_net(peer)));
+	eth_skb_pkt_type(skb, peer);
 	skb->dev = peer;
 	entry = rcu_dereference(nk->active);
 	if (entry)
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t netkit_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	switch (ret) {
 	case NETKIT_NEXT:
 	case NETKIT_PASS:
-		skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, skb->dev);
+		eth_skb_pull_mac(skb);
 		skb_postpull_rcsum(skb, eth_hdr(skb), ETH_HLEN);
 		if (likely(__netif_rx(skb) == NET_RX_SUCCESS)) {
 			dev_sw_netstats_tx_add(dev, 1, len);
diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 2ad1ffa4ccb9..0ed47d00549b 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -636,6 +636,14 @@ static inline void eth_skb_pkt_type(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 }
 
+static inline struct ethhdr *eth_skb_pull_mac(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct ethhdr *eth = (struct ethhdr *)skb->data;
+
+	skb_pull_inline(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+	return eth;
+}
+
 /**
  * eth_skb_pad - Pad buffer to mininum number of octets for Ethernet frame
  * @skb: Buffer to pad
diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index 049c3adeb850..4e3651101b86 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -161,9 +161,7 @@ __be16 eth_type_trans(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	skb->dev = dev;
 	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 
-	eth = (struct ethhdr *)skb->data;
-	skb_pull_inline(skb, ETH_HLEN);
-
+	eth = eth_skb_pull_mac(skb);
 	eth_skb_pkt_type(skb, dev);
 
 	/*