"%s: recv data ns=%u, session nr=%u\n",
                                 session->name, ns, session->nr);
                }
+               ptr += 4;
        }
 
-       /* Advance past L2-specific header, if present */
-       ptr += session->l2specific_len;
-
        if (L2TP_SKB_CB(skb)->has_seq) {
                /* Received a packet with sequence numbers. If we're the LNS,
                 * check if we sre sending sequence numbers and if not,
                memcpy(bufp, &session->cookie[0], session->cookie_len);
                bufp += session->cookie_len;
        }
-       if (session->l2specific_len) {
-               if (session->l2specific_type == L2TP_L2SPECTYPE_DEFAULT) {
-                       u32 l2h = 0;
-                       if (session->send_seq) {
-                               l2h = 0x40000000 | session->ns;
-                               session->ns++;
-                               session->ns &= 0xffffff;
-                               l2tp_dbg(session, L2TP_MSG_SEQ,
-                                        "%s: updated ns to %u\n",
-                                        session->name, session->ns);
-                       }
+       if (session->l2specific_type == L2TP_L2SPECTYPE_DEFAULT) {
+               u32 l2h = 0;
 
-                       *((__be32 *) bufp) = htonl(l2h);
+               if (session->send_seq) {
+                       l2h = 0x40000000 | session->ns;
+                       session->ns++;
+                       session->ns &= 0xffffff;
+                       l2tp_dbg(session, L2TP_MSG_SEQ,
+                                "%s: updated ns to %u\n",
+                                session->name, session->ns);
                }
-               bufp += session->l2specific_len;
+
+               *((__be32 *)bufp) = htonl(l2h);
+               bufp += 4;
        }
 
        return bufp - optr;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(l2tp_session_delete);
 
 /* We come here whenever a session's send_seq, cookie_len or
- * l2specific_len parameters are set.
+ * l2specific_type parameters are set.
  */
 void l2tp_session_set_header_len(struct l2tp_session *session, int version)
 {
                if (session->send_seq)
                        session->hdr_len += 4;
        } else {
-               session->hdr_len = 4 + session->cookie_len + session->l2specific_len;
+               session->hdr_len = 4 + session->cookie_len;
+               session->hdr_len += l2tp_get_l2specific_len(session);
                if (session->tunnel->encap == L2TP_ENCAPTYPE_UDP)
                        session->hdr_len += 4;
        }
 
                l2tp_session_free(session);
 }
 
+static inline int l2tp_get_l2specific_len(struct l2tp_session *session)
+{
+       switch (session->l2specific_type) {
+       case L2TP_L2SPECTYPE_DEFAULT:
+               return 4;
+       case L2TP_L2SPECTYPE_NONE:
+       default:
+               return 0;
+       }
+}
+
 #define l2tp_printk(ptr, type, func, fmt, ...)                         \
 do {                                                                   \
        if (((ptr)->debug) & (type))                                    \