diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 97ad6523e490..2828f6d5ba89 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -3758,7 +3758,6 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_segment(struct sk_buff *head_skb,
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
 	int i = 0;
 	int pos;
-	int dummy;
 
 	if (list_skb && !list_skb->head_frag && skb_headlen(list_skb) &&
 	    (skb_shinfo(head_skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_DODGY)) {
@@ -3780,7 +3779,7 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_segment(struct sk_buff *head_skb,
 	}
 
 	__skb_push(head_skb, doffset);
-	proto = skb_network_protocol(head_skb, &dummy);
+	proto = skb_network_protocol(head_skb, NULL);
 	if (unlikely(!proto))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);