u8 pf, unsigned int hooknum)
 {
        const struct sctphdr *sh;
-       struct sctphdr _sctph;
        const char *logmsg;
 
-       sh = skb_header_pointer(skb, dataoff, sizeof(_sctph), &_sctph);
-       if (!sh) {
+       if (skb->len < dataoff + sizeof(struct sctphdr)) {
                logmsg = "nf_ct_sctp: short packet ";
                goto out_invalid;
        }
        if (net->ct.sysctl_checksum && hooknum == NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING &&
            skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_NONE) {
+               if (!skb_make_writable(skb, dataoff + sizeof(struct sctphdr))) {
+                       logmsg = "nf_ct_sctp: failed to read header ";
+                       goto out_invalid;
+               }
+               sh = (const struct sctphdr *)(skb->data + dataoff);
                if (sh->checksum != sctp_compute_cksum(skb, dataoff)) {
                        logmsg = "nf_ct_sctp: bad CRC ";
                        goto out_invalid;