diff --git a/include/net/sctp/checksum.h b/include/net/sctp/checksum.h
index 32ee65a30aff..1c6e6c0766ca 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/checksum.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/checksum.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static inline __wsum sctp_csum_combine(__wsum csum, __wsum csum2,
 static inline __le32 sctp_compute_cksum(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 					unsigned int offset)
 {
-	struct sctphdr *sh = sctp_hdr(skb);
+	struct sctphdr *sh = (struct sctphdr *)(skb->data + offset);
 	const struct skb_checksum_ops ops = {
 		.update  = sctp_csum_update,
 		.combine = sctp_csum_combine,