diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index 72aa9537a725..653f0fb76573 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -2609,17 +2609,13 @@ static void qeth_l3_fill_af_iucv_hdr(struct qeth_card *card,
 	char daddr[16];
 	struct af_iucv_trans_hdr *iucv_hdr;
 
-	skb_pull(skb, 14);
-	card->dev->header_ops->create(skb, card->dev, 0,
-				      card->dev->dev_addr, card->dev->dev_addr,
-				      card->dev->addr_len);
-	skb_pull(skb, 14);
-	iucv_hdr = (struct af_iucv_trans_hdr *)skb->data;
 	memset(hdr, 0, sizeof(struct qeth_hdr));
 	hdr->hdr.l3.id = QETH_HEADER_TYPE_LAYER3;
 	hdr->hdr.l3.ext_flags = 0;
-	hdr->hdr.l3.length = skb->len;
+	hdr->hdr.l3.length = skb->len - ETH_HLEN;
 	hdr->hdr.l3.flags = QETH_HDR_IPV6 | QETH_CAST_UNICAST;
+
+	iucv_hdr = (struct af_iucv_trans_hdr *) (skb->data + ETH_HLEN);
 	memset(daddr, 0, sizeof(daddr));
 	daddr[0] = 0xfe;
 	daddr[1] = 0x80;
@@ -2823,10 +2819,7 @@ static int qeth_l3_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	if ((card->info.type == QETH_CARD_TYPE_IQD) &&
 	    !skb_is_nonlinear(skb)) {
 		new_skb = skb;
-		if (new_skb->protocol == ETH_P_AF_IUCV)
-			data_offset = 0;
-		else
-			data_offset = ETH_HLEN;
+		data_offset = ETH_HLEN;
 		hdr = kmem_cache_alloc(qeth_core_header_cache, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!hdr)
 			goto tx_drop;