struct sctp_association **app,
                             struct sctp_transport **tpp)
 {
+       struct sctp_init_chunk *chunkhdr, _chunkhdr;
        union sctp_addr saddr;
        union sctp_addr daddr;
        struct sctp_af *af;
        struct sock *sk = NULL;
        struct sctp_association *asoc;
        struct sctp_transport *transport = NULL;
-       struct sctp_init_chunk *chunkhdr;
        __u32 vtag = ntohl(sctphdr->vtag);
-       int len = skb->len - ((void *)sctphdr - (void *)skb->data);
 
        *app = NULL; *tpp = NULL;
 
         * discard the packet.
         */
        if (vtag == 0) {
-               chunkhdr = (void *)sctphdr + sizeof(struct sctphdr);
-               if (len < sizeof(struct sctphdr) + sizeof(sctp_chunkhdr_t)
-                         + sizeof(__be32) ||
+               /* chunk header + first 4 octects of init header */
+               chunkhdr = skb_header_pointer(skb, skb_transport_offset(skb) +
+                                             sizeof(struct sctphdr),
+                                             sizeof(struct sctp_chunkhdr) +
+                                             sizeof(__be32), &_chunkhdr);
+               if (!chunkhdr ||
                    chunkhdr->chunk_hdr.type != SCTP_CID_INIT ||
-                   ntohl(chunkhdr->init_hdr.init_tag) != asoc->c.my_vtag) {
+                   ntohl(chunkhdr->init_hdr.init_tag) != asoc->c.my_vtag)
                        goto out;
-               }
+
        } else if (vtag != asoc->c.peer_vtag) {
                goto out;
        }