diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index 10d9d3eefd20..7c8c68c26540 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -2797,7 +2797,7 @@ static inline int qeth_l3_tso_elements(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	unsigned long tcpd = (unsigned long)tcp_hdr(skb) +
 		tcp_hdr(skb)->doff * 4;
-	int tcpd_len = skb->len - (tcpd - (unsigned long)skb->data);
+	int tcpd_len = skb_headlen(skb) - (tcpd - (unsigned long)skb->data);
 	int elements = PFN_UP(tcpd + tcpd_len - 1) - PFN_DOWN(tcpd);
 
 	elements += qeth_get_elements_for_frags(skb);