diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index d383c895592a..03f3af02a9a6 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -500,6 +500,39 @@ static inline int ipv6_has_hopopt_jumbo(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return jhdr->nexthdr;
 }
 
+/* Return 0 if HBH header is successfully removed
+ * Or if HBH removal is unnecessary (packet is not big TCP)
+ * Return error to indicate dropping the packet
+ */
+static inline int ipv6_hopopt_jumbo_remove(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	const int hophdr_len = sizeof(struct hop_jumbo_hdr);
+	int nexthdr = ipv6_has_hopopt_jumbo(skb);
+	struct ipv6hdr *h6;
+
+	if (!nexthdr)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (skb_cow_head(skb, 0))
+		return -1;
+
+	/* Remove the HBH header.
+	 * Layout: [Ethernet header][IPv6 header][HBH][L4 Header]
+	 */
+	memmove(skb_mac_header(skb) + hophdr_len, skb_mac_header(skb),
+		skb_network_header(skb) - skb_mac_header(skb) +
+		sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
+
+	__skb_pull(skb, hophdr_len);
+	skb->network_header += hophdr_len;
+	skb->mac_header += hophdr_len;
+
+	h6 = ipv6_hdr(skb);
+	h6->nexthdr = nexthdr;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline bool ipv6_accept_ra(struct inet6_dev *idev)
 {
 	/* If forwarding is enabled, RA are not accepted unless the special
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c
index 3ee345672849..00dc2e3b0184 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *ipv6_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct sk_buff *segs = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	struct ipv6hdr *ipv6h;
 	const struct net_offload *ops;
-	int proto, nexthdr;
+	int proto, err;
 	struct frag_hdr *fptr;
 	unsigned int payload_len;
 	u8 *prevhdr;
@@ -87,28 +87,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *ipv6_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	bool gso_partial;
 
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
-	nexthdr = ipv6_has_hopopt_jumbo(skb);
-	if (nexthdr) {
-		const int hophdr_len = sizeof(struct hop_jumbo_hdr);
-		int err;
-
-		err = skb_cow_head(skb, 0);
-		if (err < 0)
-			return ERR_PTR(err);
-
-		/* remove the HBH header.
-		 * Layout: [Ethernet header][IPv6 header][HBH][TCP header]
-		 */
-		memmove(skb_mac_header(skb) + hophdr_len,
-			skb_mac_header(skb),
-			ETH_HLEN + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
-		skb->data += hophdr_len;
-		skb->len -= hophdr_len;
-		skb->network_header += hophdr_len;
-		skb->mac_header += hophdr_len;
-		ipv6h = (struct ipv6hdr *)skb->data;
-		ipv6h->nexthdr = nexthdr;
-	}
+	err = ipv6_hopopt_jumbo_remove(skb);
+	if (err)
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	nhoff = skb_network_header(skb) - skb_mac_header(skb);
 	if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(*ipv6h))))
 		goto out;