diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index a664f7829a6d16db4579789ca5b8c40654cc78d7..df9e6b1a975920f47fbd68b540ccb4d7f8511759 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ static bool pkt_is_ns(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct nd_msg *msg;
 	struct ipv6hdr *hdr;
 
-	if (skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_ARP))
+	if (skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_IPV6))
 		return false;
 	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) + sizeof(struct nd_msg)))
 		return false;