diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_REJECT.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_REJECT.c
index 28e74488a329..a5a4c5dd5396 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_REJECT.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_REJECT.c
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ static void send_reset(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *oldskb)
 	int tcphoff, needs_ack;
 	const struct ipv6hdr *oip6h = ipv6_hdr(oldskb);
 	struct ipv6hdr *ip6h;
+#define DEFAULT_TOS_VALUE	0x0U
+	const __u8 tclass = DEFAULT_TOS_VALUE;
 	struct dst_entry *dst = NULL;
 	u8 proto;
 	struct flowi6 fl6;
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ static void send_reset(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *oldskb)
 	skb_put(nskb, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
 	skb_reset_network_header(nskb);
 	ip6h = ipv6_hdr(nskb);
-	ip6h->version = 6;
+	*(__be32 *)ip6h =  htonl(0x60000000 | (tclass << 20));
 	ip6h->hop_limit = ip6_dst_hoplimit(dst);
 	ip6h->nexthdr = IPPROTO_TCP;
 	ipv6_addr_copy(&ip6h->saddr, &oip6h->daddr);