diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
index c4b06ced30a75b1b7441d130adfaa3a6d7bc1d8d..0d4125b867b7fd072272eb513b74f887cf513772 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
@@ -408,6 +408,11 @@ int rxe_send(struct rxe_pkt_info *pkt, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 void rxe_loopback(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
+		skb_pull(skb, sizeof(struct iphdr));
+	else
+		skb_pull(skb, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
+
 	rxe_rcv(skb);
 }