return NULL;
        }
 
+       skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IPV6);
+       skb->dev = dev;
+
        skb_reserve(skb, hlen);
 
        return skb;
 }
 
-static void ip6_nd_hdr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
+static void ip6_nd_hdr(struct sk_buff *skb,
                       const struct in6_addr *saddr,
                       const struct in6_addr *daddr,
                       int hop_limit, int len)
 {
        struct ipv6hdr *hdr;
 
-       skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IPV6);
-       skb->dev = dev;
-
        skb_reset_network_header(skb);
        skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
        hdr = ipv6_hdr(skb);
        if (!skb)
                return NULL;
 
-       ip6_nd_hdr(skb, dev, saddr, daddr, inet6_sk(sk)->hop_limit, len);
+       ip6_nd_hdr(skb, saddr, daddr, inet6_sk(sk)->hop_limit, len);
 
        skb->transport_header = skb->tail;
        skb_put(skb, len);
        if (!buff)
                goto release;
 
-       ip6_nd_hdr(buff, dev, &saddr_buf, &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr,
+       ip6_nd_hdr(buff, &saddr_buf, &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr,
                   inet6_sk(sk)->hop_limit, len);
 
        skb_set_transport_header(buff, skb_tail_pointer(buff) - buff->data);