diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_REJECT.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_REJECT.c
index b254dafaf4294548b7d36d9b54ce29832f8658e3..43eec80c0e7c55a2f6dc20790a30603236b7d93f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_REJECT.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_REJECT.c
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ static void send_reset(struct sk_buff *oldskb, int hook)
 	/* ip_route_me_harder expects skb->dst to be set */
 	skb_dst_set_noref(nskb, skb_dst(oldskb));
 
+	nskb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IP);
 	if (ip_route_me_harder(nskb, addr_type))
 		goto free_nskb;