diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
index 47eba38ae526..75cc676a3239 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 
-#include <net/ipv6.h>
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
 #include <net/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
@@ -571,8 +570,6 @@ static int macvtap_skb_from_vnet_hdr(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			break;
 		case VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_UDP:
 			gso_type = SKB_GSO_UDP;
-			if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6))
-				ipv6_proxy_select_ident(skb);
 			break;
 		default:
 			return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 48ac45f26fa3..1bbcb278e6df 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 #include <linux/virtio_net.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
-#include <net/ipv6.h>
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
 #include <net/netns/generic.h>
 #include <net/rtnetlink.h>
@@ -1143,8 +1142,6 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
 		break;
 	}
 
-	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
-
 	if (gso.gso_type != VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_NONE) {
 		pr_debug("GSO!\n");
 		switch (gso.gso_type & ~VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_ECN) {
@@ -1156,8 +1153,6 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
 			break;
 		case VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_UDP:
 			skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type = SKB_GSO_UDP;
-			if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6))
-				ipv6_proxy_select_ident(skb);
 			break;
 		default:
 			tun->dev->stats.rx_frame_errors++;
@@ -1187,6 +1182,7 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
 		skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags |= SKBTX_SHARED_FRAG;
 	}
 
+	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 	skb_probe_transport_header(skb, 0);
 
 	rxhash = skb_get_hash(skb);