key->ipv6.addr.dst = nh->daddr;
 
        payload_ofs = ipv6_skip_exthdr(skb, payload_ofs, &nexthdr, &frag_off);
-       if (unlikely(payload_ofs < 0))
-               return -EINVAL;
 
        if (frag_off) {
                if (frag_off & htons(~0x7))
                key->ip.frag = OVS_FRAG_TYPE_NONE;
        }
 
+       /* Delayed handling of error in ipv6_skip_exthdr() as it
+        * always sets frag_off to a valid value which may be
+        * used to set key->ip.frag above.
+        */
+       if (unlikely(payload_ofs < 0))
+               return -EPROTO;
+
        nh_len = payload_ofs - nh_ofs;
        skb_set_transport_header(skb, nh_ofs + nh_len);
        key->ip.proto = nexthdr;
 
                nh_len = parse_ipv6hdr(skb, key);
                if (unlikely(nh_len < 0)) {
-                       memset(&key->ip, 0, sizeof(key->ip));
-                       memset(&key->ipv6.addr, 0, sizeof(key->ipv6.addr));
-                       if (nh_len == -EINVAL) {
+                       switch (nh_len) {
+                       case -EINVAL:
+                               memset(&key->ip, 0, sizeof(key->ip));
+                               memset(&key->ipv6.addr, 0, sizeof(key->ipv6.addr));
+                               /* fall-through */
+                       case -EPROTO:
                                skb->transport_header = skb->network_header;
                                error = 0;
-                       } else {
+                               break;
+                       default:
                                error = nh_len;
                        }
                        return error;