diff --git a/include/linux/icmpv6.h b/include/linux/icmpv6.h
index 68d3526c3a05dc55c0cbe3fa44bcb2e101d62576..0b5ba5eb7ed2175c83a3a86e855b3790de593f30 100644
--- a/include/linux/icmpv6.h
+++ b/include/linux/icmpv6.h
@@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ struct icmp6hdr {
 #define icmp6_router_pref	icmp6_dataun.u_nd_ra.router_pref
 };
 
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+#include <linux/skbuff.h>
+
+static inline struct icmp6hdr *icmp6_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return (struct icmp6hdr *)skb->h.raw;
+}
+#endif
+
 #define ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_LOW		0x3
 #define ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_MEDIUM	0x0
 #define ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_HIGH		0x1
diff --git a/net/ipv6/datagram.c b/net/ipv6/datagram.c
index f429290c2c3780ade4ebb03d88c1c551552fbf82..feba6b197fe903feba2c1d3ff210be5ff50549fb 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/datagram.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/datagram.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ void ipv6_icmp_error(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int err,
 		     __be16 port, u32 info, u8 *payload)
 {
 	struct ipv6_pinfo *np  = inet6_sk(sk);
-	struct icmp6hdr *icmph = (struct icmp6hdr *)skb->h.raw;
+	struct icmp6hdr *icmph = icmp6_hdr(skb);
 	struct sock_exterr_skb *serr;
 
 	if (!np->recverr)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/icmp.c b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
index 3a01effda6955ba3bb8b86134dc93c37427e9bcf..d3edc3cf1ce93bf44870681f202a2b9263ed1ff9 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static int icmpv6_push_pending_frames(struct sock *sk, struct flowi *fl, struct
 	if ((skb = skb_peek(&sk->sk_write_queue)) == NULL)
 		goto out;
 
-	icmp6h = (struct icmp6hdr*) skb->h.raw;
+	icmp6h = icmp6_hdr(skb);
 	memcpy(icmp6h, thdr, sizeof(struct icmp6hdr));
 	icmp6h->icmp6_cksum = 0;
 
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ static void icmpv6_echo_reply(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct inet6_dev *idev;
 	struct ipv6_pinfo *np;
 	struct in6_addr *saddr = NULL;
-	struct icmp6hdr *icmph = (struct icmp6hdr *) skb->h.raw;
+	struct icmp6hdr *icmph = icmp6_hdr(skb);
 	struct icmp6hdr tmp_hdr;
 	struct flowi fl;
 	struct icmpv6_msg msg;
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ static int icmpv6_rcv(struct sk_buff **pskb)
 	if (!pskb_pull(skb, sizeof(struct icmp6hdr)))
 		goto discard_it;
 
-	hdr = (struct icmp6hdr *) skb->h.raw;
+	hdr = icmp6_hdr(skb);
 
 	type = hdr->icmp6_type;
 
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ static int icmpv6_rcv(struct sk_buff **pskb)
 		 */
 		if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr)))
 			goto discard_it;
-		hdr = (struct icmp6hdr *) skb->h.raw;
+		hdr = icmp6_hdr(skb);
 		orig_hdr = (struct ipv6hdr *) (hdr + 1);
 		rt6_pmtu_discovery(&orig_hdr->daddr, &orig_hdr->saddr, dev,
 				   ntohl(hdr->icmp6_mtu));
diff --git a/net/ipv6/mcast.c b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
index b2b37ba48b9c59c18693840efb4a11ad5516c234..1f2a3be9308a3e229512ab6b1a4cbba57800a9cc 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/mcast.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ int ipv6_is_mld(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr)
 	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct icmp6hdr)))
 		return 0;
 
-	pic = (struct icmp6hdr *)skb->h.raw;
+	pic = icmp6_hdr(skb);
 
 	switch (pic->icmp6_type) {
 	case ICMPV6_MGM_QUERY:
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ int igmp6_event_query(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (idev == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
-	hdr = (struct icmp6hdr *) skb->h.raw;
+	hdr = icmp6_hdr(skb);
 	group = (struct in6_addr *) (hdr + 1);
 	group_type = ipv6_addr_type(group);
 
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ int igmp6_event_report(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct in6_addr)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	hdr = (struct icmp6hdr*) skb->h.raw;
+	hdr = icmp6_hdr(skb);
 
 	/* Drop reports with not link local source */
 	addr_type = ipv6_addr_type(&ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index 00feb4c4d98b580b11aa01356e302677b22eae91..8b946f56287af13e5a1a5e5c65b78d42cce7cbc1 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ static void ndisc_redirect_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	icmph = (struct icmp6hdr *) skb->h.raw;
+	icmph = icmp6_hdr(skb);
 	target = (struct in6_addr *) (icmph + 1);
 	dest = target + 1;