diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 623353db11ba..7b3af107ca84 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -2781,7 +2781,7 @@ static int ixgbevf_tso(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter,
 								 IPPROTO_TCP,
 								 0);
 			adapter->hw_tso_ctxt++;
-		} else if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type == SKB_GSO_TCPV6) {
+		} else if (skb_is_gso_v6(skb)) {
 			ipv6_hdr(skb)->payload_len = 0;
 			tcp_hdr(skb)->check =
 			    ~csum_ipv6_magic(&ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr,