diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_socket_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_socket_ipv6.c
index b9df879c48d3..69c021704abd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_socket_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_socket_ipv6.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ struct sock *nf_sk_lookup_slow_v6(struct net *net, const struct sk_buff *skb,
 {
 	__be16 uninitialized_var(dport), uninitialized_var(sport);
 	const struct in6_addr *daddr = NULL, *saddr = NULL;
-	struct ipv6hdr *iph = ipv6_hdr(skb);
+	struct ipv6hdr *iph = ipv6_hdr(skb), ipv6_var;
 	struct sk_buff *data_skb = NULL;
 	int doff = 0;
 	int thoff = 0, tproto;
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@ struct sock *nf_sk_lookup_slow_v6(struct net *net, const struct sk_buff *skb,
 			thoff + sizeof(*hp);
 
 	} else if (tproto == IPPROTO_ICMPV6) {
-		struct ipv6hdr ipv6_var;
-
 		if (extract_icmp6_fields(skb, thoff, &tproto, &saddr, &daddr,
 					 &sport, &dport, &ipv6_var))
 			return NULL;