diff --git a/net/6lowpan/iphc.c b/net/6lowpan/iphc.c
index 79f1fa22509a..fb5f6fa8f1df 100644
--- a/net/6lowpan/iphc.c
+++ b/net/6lowpan/iphc.c
@@ -666,6 +666,8 @@ int lowpan_header_decompress(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct net_device *dev,
 
 	switch (iphc1 & (LOWPAN_IPHC_M | LOWPAN_IPHC_DAC)) {
 	case LOWPAN_IPHC_M | LOWPAN_IPHC_DAC:
+		skb->pkt_type = PACKET_BROADCAST;
+
 		spin_lock_bh(&lowpan_dev(dev)->ctx.lock);
 		ci = lowpan_iphc_ctx_get_by_id(dev, LOWPAN_IPHC_CID_DCI(cid));
 		if (!ci) {
@@ -681,11 +683,15 @@ int lowpan_header_decompress(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct net_device *dev,
 		spin_unlock_bh(&lowpan_dev(dev)->ctx.lock);
 		break;
 	case LOWPAN_IPHC_M:
+		skb->pkt_type = PACKET_BROADCAST;
+
 		/* multicast */
 		err = lowpan_uncompress_multicast_daddr(skb, &hdr.daddr,
 							iphc1 & LOWPAN_IPHC_DAM_MASK);
 		break;
 	case LOWPAN_IPHC_DAC:
+		skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST;
+
 		spin_lock_bh(&lowpan_dev(dev)->ctx.lock);
 		ci = lowpan_iphc_ctx_get_by_id(dev, LOWPAN_IPHC_CID_DCI(cid));
 		if (!ci) {
@@ -701,6 +707,8 @@ int lowpan_header_decompress(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct net_device *dev,
 		spin_unlock_bh(&lowpan_dev(dev)->ctx.lock);
 		break;
 	default:
+		skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST;
+
 		err = lowpan_iphc_uncompress_addr(skb, dev, &hdr.daddr,
 						  iphc1 & LOWPAN_IPHC_DAM_MASK,
 						  daddr);