nlen = skb_network_header_len(skb);
 
        for (p = *head; p; p = p->next) {
-               struct ipv6hdr *iph2;
+               const struct ipv6hdr *iph2;
+               __be32 first_word; /* <Version:4><Traffic_Class:8><Flow_Label:20> */
 
                if (!NAPI_GRO_CB(p)->same_flow)
                        continue;
 
                iph2 = ipv6_hdr(p);
+               first_word = *(__be32 *)iph ^ *(__be32 *)iph2 ;
 
-               /* All fields must match except length. */
+               /* All fields must match except length and Traffic Class. */
                if (nlen != skb_network_header_len(p) ||
-                   memcmp(iph, iph2, offsetof(struct ipv6hdr, payload_len)) ||
+                   (first_word & htonl(0xF00FFFFF)) ||
                    memcmp(&iph->nexthdr, &iph2->nexthdr,
                           nlen - offsetof(struct ipv6hdr, nexthdr))) {
                        NAPI_GRO_CB(p)->same_flow = 0;
                        continue;
                }
-
+               /* flush if Traffic Class fields are different */
+               NAPI_GRO_CB(p)->flush |= !!(first_word & htonl(0x0FF00000));
                NAPI_GRO_CB(p)->flush |= flush;
        }