diff --git a/net/ipv6/raw.c b/net/ipv6/raw.c
index 3ee2870..b7d2b30 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/raw.c
@@ -457,9 +457,6 @@
 	if (flags & MSG_OOB)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	if (addr_len)
-		*addr_len=sizeof(*sin6);
-
 	if (flags & MSG_ERRQUEUE)
 		return ipv6_recv_error(sk, msg, len);
 
@@ -499,6 +496,7 @@
 		sin6->sin6_scope_id = 0;
 		if (ipv6_addr_type(&sin6->sin6_addr) & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL)
 			sin6->sin6_scope_id = IP6CB(skb)->iif;
+		*addr_len = sizeof(*sin6);
 	}
 
 	sock_recv_ts_and_drops(msg, sk, skb);