diff --git a/include/linux/ipv6.h b/include/linux/ipv6.h
index e046b22..ec79c59 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipv6.h
@@ -223,6 +223,11 @@
 #include <net/if_inet6.h>       /* struct ipv6_mc_socklist */
 #include <net/inet_sock.h>
 
+static inline struct ipv6hdr *ipv6_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return (struct ipv6hdr *)skb_network_header(skb);
+}
+
 /* 
    This structure contains results of exthdrs parsing
    as offsets from skb->nh.