diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.c
index 3f3ec8ffc4dd..d1e3928a24f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.c
@@ -574,9 +574,7 @@ static void otx2_sqe_add_ext(struct otx2_nic *pfvf, struct otx2_snd_queue *sq,
 				htons(ext->lso_sb - skb_network_offset(skb));
 		} else if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_TCPV6) {
 			ext->lso_format = pfvf->hw.lso_tsov6_idx;
-
-			ipv6_hdr(skb)->payload_len =
-				htons(ext->lso_sb - skb_network_offset(skb));
+			ipv6_hdr(skb)->payload_len = htons(tcp_hdrlen(skb));
 		} else if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_UDP_L4) {
 			__be16 l3_proto = vlan_get_protocol(skb);
 			struct udphdr *udph = udp_hdr(skb);