__wsum skb_checksum(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset, int len,
                    __wsum csum);
 
-static inline void *__skb_header_pointer(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
-                                        int len, void *data, int hlen, void *buffer)
+static inline void * __must_check
+__skb_header_pointer(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
+                    int len, void *data, int hlen, void *buffer)
 {
        if (hlen - offset >= len)
                return data + offset;
        return buffer;
 }
 
-static inline void *skb_header_pointer(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
-                                      int len, void *buffer)
+static inline void * __must_check
+skb_header_pointer(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset, int len, void *buffer)
 {
        return __skb_header_pointer(skb, offset, len, skb->data,
                                    skb_headlen(skb), buffer);
 
 
                opthdr = __skb_header_pointer(skb, nhoff, sizeof(_opthdr),
                                              data, hlen, &_opthdr);
+               if (!opthdr)
+                       return false;
 
-               ip_proto = _opthdr[0];
-               nhoff += (_opthdr[1] + 1) << 3;
+               ip_proto = opthdr[0];
+               nhoff += (opthdr[1] + 1) << 3;
 
                goto ip_proto_again;
        }