struct list_head list;
 };
 
+/* don't save pan id, it's intra pan */
+struct lowpan_addr {
+       u8 mode;
+       union {
+               /* IPv6 needs big endian here */
+               __be64 extended_addr;
+               __be16 short_addr;
+       } u;
+};
+
+struct lowpan_addr_info {
+       struct lowpan_addr daddr;
+       struct lowpan_addr saddr;
+};
+
 static inline struct
 lowpan_dev_info *lowpan_dev_info(const struct net_device *dev)
 {
        return netdev_priv(dev);
 }
 
+static inline struct
+lowpan_addr_info *lowpan_skb_priv(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+       WARN_ON_ONCE(skb_headroom(skb) < sizeof(struct lowpan_addr_info));
+       return (struct lowpan_addr_info *)(skb->data -
+                       sizeof(struct lowpan_addr_info));
+}
+
 static int lowpan_header_create(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
                                unsigned short type, const void *_daddr,
                                const void *_saddr, unsigned int len)
 {
        const u8 *saddr = _saddr;
        const u8 *daddr = _daddr;
-       struct ieee802154_addr sa, da;
-       struct ieee802154_mac_cb *cb = mac_cb_init(skb);
+       struct lowpan_addr_info *info;
 
        /* TODO:
         * if this package isn't ipv6 one, where should it be routed?
        raw_dump_inline(__func__, "saddr", (unsigned char *)saddr, 8);
        raw_dump_inline(__func__, "daddr", (unsigned char *)daddr, 8);
 
-       lowpan_header_compress(skb, dev, type, daddr, saddr, len);
-
-       /* NOTE1: I'm still unsure about the fact that compression and WPAN
-        * header are created here and not later in the xmit. So wait for
-        * an opinion of net maintainers.
-        */
-       /* NOTE2: to be absolutely correct, we must derive PANid information
-        * from MAC subif of the 'dev' and 'real_dev' network devices, but
-        * this isn't implemented in mainline yet, so currently we assign 0xff
-        */
-       cb->type = IEEE802154_FC_TYPE_DATA;
-
-       /* prepare wpan address data */
-       sa.mode = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
-       sa.pan_id = ieee802154_mlme_ops(dev)->get_pan_id(dev);
-       sa.extended_addr = ieee802154_devaddr_from_raw(saddr);
-
-       /* intra-PAN communications */
-       da.pan_id = sa.pan_id;
-
-       /* if the destination address is the broadcast address, use the
-        * corresponding short address
-        */
-       if (lowpan_is_addr_broadcast(daddr)) {
-               da.mode = IEEE802154_ADDR_SHORT;
-               da.short_addr = cpu_to_le16(IEEE802154_ADDR_BROADCAST);
-       } else {
-               da.mode = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
-               da.extended_addr = ieee802154_devaddr_from_raw(daddr);
-       }
+       info = lowpan_skb_priv(skb);
 
-       cb->ackreq = !lowpan_is_addr_broadcast(daddr);
+       /* TODO: Currently we only support extended_addr */
+       info->daddr.mode = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
+       memcpy(&info->daddr.u.extended_addr, daddr,
+              sizeof(info->daddr.u.extended_addr));
+       info->saddr.mode = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
+       memcpy(&info->saddr.u.extended_addr, saddr,
+              sizeof(info->daddr.u.extended_addr));
 
-       return dev_hard_header(skb, lowpan_dev_info(dev)->real_dev,
-                       type, (void *)&da, (void *)&sa, 0);
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static int lowpan_give_skb_to_devices(struct sk_buff *skb,
        return rc;
 }
 
+static int lowpan_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+{
+       struct ieee802154_addr sa, da;
+       struct ieee802154_mac_cb *cb = mac_cb_init(skb);
+       struct lowpan_addr_info info;
+       void *daddr, *saddr;
+
+       memcpy(&info, lowpan_skb_priv(skb), sizeof(info));
+
+       /* TODO: Currently we only support extended_addr */
+       daddr = &info.daddr.u.extended_addr;
+       saddr = &info.saddr.u.extended_addr;
+
+       lowpan_header_compress(skb, dev, ETH_P_IPV6, daddr, saddr, skb->len);
+
+       cb->type = IEEE802154_FC_TYPE_DATA;
+
+       /* prepare wpan address data */
+       sa.mode = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
+       sa.pan_id = ieee802154_mlme_ops(dev)->get_pan_id(dev);
+       sa.extended_addr = ieee802154_devaddr_from_raw(saddr);
+
+       /* intra-PAN communications */
+       da.pan_id = sa.pan_id;
+
+       /* if the destination address is the broadcast address, use the
+        * corresponding short address
+        */
+       if (lowpan_is_addr_broadcast((const u8 *)daddr)) {
+               da.mode = IEEE802154_ADDR_SHORT;
+               da.short_addr = cpu_to_le16(IEEE802154_ADDR_BROADCAST);
+               cb->ackreq = false;
+       } else {
+               da.mode = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
+               da.extended_addr = ieee802154_devaddr_from_raw(daddr);
+               cb->ackreq = true;
+       }
+
+       return dev_hard_header(skb, lowpan_dev_info(dev)->real_dev,
+                       ETH_P_IPV6, (void *)&da, (void *)&sa, 0);
+}
+
 static netdev_tx_t lowpan_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
        struct ieee802154_hdr wpan_hdr;
-       int max_single;
+       int max_single, ret;
 
        pr_debug("package xmit\n");
 
+       /* We must take a copy of the skb before we modify/replace the ipv6
+        * header as the header could be used elsewhere
+        */
+       skb = skb_unshare(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+       if (!skb)
+               return NET_XMIT_DROP;
+
+       ret = lowpan_header(skb, dev);
+       if (ret < 0) {
+               kfree_skb(skb);
+               return NET_XMIT_DROP;
+       }
+
        if (ieee802154_hdr_peek(skb, &wpan_hdr) < 0) {
                kfree_skb(skb);
                return NET_XMIT_DROP;