diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
index e3bfa8a99ad2..259c59f67394 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
@@ -721,6 +721,14 @@ int ipoib_check_sm_sendonly_fullmember_support(struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void push_pseudo_header(struct sk_buff *skb, const char *daddr)
+{
+	struct ipoib_pseudo_header *phdr;
+
+	phdr = (struct ipoib_pseudo_header *)skb_push(skb, sizeof(*phdr));
+	memcpy(phdr->hwaddr, daddr, INFINIBAND_ALEN);
+}
+
 void ipoib_flush_paths(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
@@ -947,8 +955,7 @@ static void neigh_add_path(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 *daddr,
 			}
 			if (skb_queue_len(&neigh->queue) <
 			    IPOIB_MAX_PATH_REC_QUEUE) {
-				/* put pseudoheader back on for next time */
-				skb_push(skb, IPOIB_PSEUDO_LEN);
+				push_pseudo_header(skb, neigh->daddr);
 				__skb_queue_tail(&neigh->queue, skb);
 			} else {
 				ipoib_warn(priv, "queue length limit %d. Packet drop.\n",
@@ -966,10 +973,12 @@ static void neigh_add_path(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 *daddr,
 
 		if (!path->query && path_rec_start(dev, path))
 			goto err_path;
-		if (skb_queue_len(&neigh->queue) < IPOIB_MAX_PATH_REC_QUEUE)
+		if (skb_queue_len(&neigh->queue) < IPOIB_MAX_PATH_REC_QUEUE) {
+			push_pseudo_header(skb, neigh->daddr);
 			__skb_queue_tail(&neigh->queue, skb);
-		else
+		} else {
 			goto err_drop;
+		}
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
@@ -1005,8 +1014,7 @@ static void unicast_arp_send(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 		}
 		if (path) {
 			if (skb_queue_len(&path->queue) < IPOIB_MAX_PATH_REC_QUEUE) {
-				/* put pseudoheader back on for next time */
-				skb_push(skb, IPOIB_PSEUDO_LEN);
+				push_pseudo_header(skb, phdr->hwaddr);
 				__skb_queue_tail(&path->queue, skb);
 			} else {
 				++dev->stats.tx_dropped;
@@ -1038,8 +1046,7 @@ static void unicast_arp_send(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 		return;
 	} else if ((path->query || !path_rec_start(dev, path)) &&
 		   skb_queue_len(&path->queue) < IPOIB_MAX_PATH_REC_QUEUE) {
-		/* put pseudoheader back on for next time */
-		skb_push(skb, IPOIB_PSEUDO_LEN);
+		push_pseudo_header(skb, phdr->hwaddr);
 		__skb_queue_tail(&path->queue, skb);
 	} else {
 		++dev->stats.tx_dropped;
@@ -1120,8 +1127,7 @@ static int ipoib_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	}
 
 	if (skb_queue_len(&neigh->queue) < IPOIB_MAX_PATH_REC_QUEUE) {
-		/* put pseudoheader back on for next time */
-		skb_push(skb, sizeof(*phdr));
+		push_pseudo_header(skb, phdr->hwaddr);
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
 		__skb_queue_tail(&neigh->queue, skb);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
@@ -1153,7 +1159,6 @@ static int ipoib_hard_header(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			     unsigned short type,
 			     const void *daddr, const void *saddr, unsigned len)
 {
-	struct ipoib_pseudo_header *phdr;
 	struct ipoib_header *header;
 
 	header = (struct ipoib_header *) skb_push(skb, sizeof *header);
@@ -1166,8 +1171,7 @@ static int ipoib_hard_header(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	 * destination address into skb hard header so we can figure out where
 	 * to send the packet later.
 	 */
-	phdr = (struct ipoib_pseudo_header *) skb_push(skb, sizeof(*phdr));
-	memcpy(phdr->hwaddr, daddr, INFINIBAND_ALEN);
+	push_pseudo_header(skb, daddr);
 
 	return IPOIB_HARD_LEN;
 }