diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c b/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c
index 802eebf8ac4b..ef5b5cee2201 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c
@@ -421,7 +421,6 @@ static int input_action_end_b6(struct sk_buff *skb, struct seg6_local_lwt *slwt)
 	if (err)
 		goto drop;
 
-	ipv6_hdr(skb)->payload_len = htons(skb->len - sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
 	skb_set_transport_header(skb, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
 
 	seg6_lookup_nexthop(skb, NULL, 0);
@@ -453,7 +452,6 @@ static int input_action_end_b6_encap(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (err)
 		goto drop;
 
-	ipv6_hdr(skb)->payload_len = htons(skb->len - sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
 	skb_set_transport_header(skb, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
 
 	seg6_lookup_nexthop(skb, NULL, 0);