diff --git a/net/sctp/input.c b/net/sctp/input.c
index 9311b5d..3a322c5 100644
--- a/net/sctp/input.c
+++ b/net/sctp/input.c
@@ -79,14 +79,10 @@
 /* Calculate the SCTP checksum of an SCTP packet.  */
 static inline int sctp_rcv_checksum(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	struct sctphdr *sh;
-	__u32 cmp, val;
 	struct sk_buff *list = skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list;
-
-	sh = (struct sctphdr *) skb->h.raw;
-	cmp = ntohl(sh->checksum);
-
-	val = sctp_start_cksum((__u8 *)sh, skb_headlen(skb));
+	struct sctphdr *sh = sctp_hdr(skb);
+	__u32 cmp = ntohl(sh->checksum);
+	__u32 val = sctp_start_cksum((__u8 *)sh, skb_headlen(skb));
 
 	for (; list; list = list->next)
 		val = sctp_update_cksum((__u8 *)list->data, skb_headlen(list),
@@ -138,7 +134,7 @@
 	if (skb_linearize(skb))
 		goto discard_it;
 
-	sh = (struct sctphdr *) skb->h.raw;
+	sh = sctp_hdr(skb);
 
 	/* Pull up the IP and SCTP headers. */
 	__skb_pull(skb, skb_transport_offset(skb));
@@ -905,7 +901,7 @@
 	struct sctp_association *asoc;
 	union sctp_addr addr;
 	union sctp_addr *paddr = &addr;
-	struct sctphdr *sh = (struct sctphdr *) skb->h.raw;
+	struct sctphdr *sh = sctp_hdr(skb);
 	sctp_chunkhdr_t *ch;
 	union sctp_params params;
 	sctp_init_chunk_t *init;
diff --git a/net/sctp/ipv6.c b/net/sctp/ipv6.c
index 001be2d..0992bc5 100644
--- a/net/sctp/ipv6.c
+++ b/net/sctp/ipv6.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
 	addr->v6.sin6_flowinfo = 0; /* FIXME */
 	addr->v6.sin6_scope_id = ((struct inet6_skb_parm *)skb->cb)->iif;
 
-	sh = (struct sctphdr *) skb->h.raw;
+	sh = sctp_hdr(skb);
 	if (is_saddr) {
 		*port  = sh->source;
 		from = &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr;
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@
 	if (msgname) {
 		sctp_inet6_msgname(msgname, addr_len);
 		sin6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)msgname;
-		sh = (struct sctphdr *)skb->h.raw;
+		sh = sctp_hdr(skb);
 		sin6->sin6_port = sh->source;
 
 		/* Map ipv4 address into v4-mapped-on-v6 address. */
diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
index 08f92ba..7c28c9b 100644
--- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
 	port = &addr->v4.sin_port;
 	addr->v4.sin_family = AF_INET;
 
-	sh = (struct sctphdr *) skb->h.raw;
+	sh = sctp_hdr(skb);
 	if (is_saddr) {
 		*port  = sh->source;
 		from = &ip_hdr(skb)->saddr;
@@ -731,13 +731,11 @@
 /* Initialize and copy out a msgname from an inbound skb. */
 static void sctp_inet_skb_msgname(struct sk_buff *skb, char *msgname, int *len)
 {
-	struct sctphdr *sh;
-	struct sockaddr_in *sin;
-
 	if (msgname) {
+		struct sctphdr *sh = sctp_hdr(skb);
+		struct sockaddr_in *sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)msgname;
+
 		sctp_inet_msgname(msgname, len);
-		sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)msgname;
-		sh = (struct sctphdr *)skb->h.raw;
 		sin->sin_port = sh->source;
 		sin->sin_addr.s_addr = ip_hdr(skb)->saddr;
 	}