diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index e1b2d22a285..b3e3294cfe5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -1401,10 +1401,7 @@ static void ixgbe_set_rsc_gso_size(struct ixgbe_ring *ring,
 	/* set gso_size to avoid messing up TCP MSS */
 	skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size = DIV_ROUND_UP((skb->len - hdr_len),
 						 IXGBE_CB(skb)->append_cnt);
-	if (skb->protocol == __constant_htons(ETH_P_IPV6))
-		skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type = SKB_GSO_TCPV6;
-	else
-		skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type = SKB_GSO_TCPV4;
+	skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type = SKB_GSO_TCPV4;
 }
 
 static void ixgbe_update_rsc_stats(struct ixgbe_ring *rx_ring,
@@ -1439,8 +1436,6 @@ static void ixgbe_process_skb_fields(struct ixgbe_ring *rx_ring,
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = rx_ring->netdev;
 
-	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
-
 	ixgbe_update_rsc_stats(rx_ring, skb);
 
 	ixgbe_rx_hash(rx_ring, rx_desc, skb);
@@ -1456,6 +1451,8 @@ static void ixgbe_process_skb_fields(struct ixgbe_ring *rx_ring,
 	}
 
 	skb_record_rx_queue(skb, rx_ring->queue_index);
+
+	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
 }
 
 static void ixgbe_rx_skb(struct ixgbe_q_vector *q_vector,