diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 704adad..eefc61e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -2994,17 +2994,19 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_put_md5sig_pool);
 
 int tcp_md5_hash_header(struct tcp_md5sig_pool *hp,
-			struct tcphdr *th)
+			const struct tcphdr *th)
 {
 	struct scatterlist sg;
+	struct tcphdr hdr;
 	int err;
 
-	__sum16 old_checksum = th->check;
-	th->check = 0;
+	/* We are not allowed to change tcphdr, make a local copy */
+	memcpy(&hdr, th, sizeof(hdr));
+	hdr.check = 0;
+
 	/* options aren't included in the hash */
-	sg_init_one(&sg, th, sizeof(struct tcphdr));
-	err = crypto_hash_update(&hp->md5_desc, &sg, sizeof(struct tcphdr));
-	th->check = old_checksum;
+	sg_init_one(&sg, &hdr, sizeof(hdr));
+	err = crypto_hash_update(&hp->md5_desc, &sg, sizeof(hdr));
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_md5_hash_header);