diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 77971a35d6e1..724bb7cb173f 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -697,6 +697,7 @@ static void __copy_skb_header(struct sk_buff *new, const struct sk_buff *old)
 	new->transport_header	= old->transport_header;
 	new->network_header	= old->network_header;
 	new->mac_header		= old->mac_header;
+	new->inner_protocol	= old->inner_protocol;
 	new->inner_transport_header = old->inner_transport_header;
 	new->inner_network_header = old->inner_network_header;
 	new->inner_mac_header = old->inner_mac_header;