diff --git a/net/ipv6/raw.c b/net/ipv6/raw.c
index 55953c5804c36..86c75e97cfec3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/raw.c
@@ -757,6 +757,7 @@ static int rawv6_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	int hlimit = -1;
 	int tclass = -1;
 	int dontfrag = -1;
+	int hdrincl;
 	u16 proto;
 	int err;
 
@@ -770,6 +771,13 @@ static int rawv6_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	if (msg->msg_flags & MSG_OOB)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+	/* hdrincl should be READ_ONCE(inet->hdrincl)
+	 * but READ_ONCE() doesn't work with bit fields.
+	 * Doing this indirectly yields the same result.
+	 */
+	hdrincl = inet->hdrincl;
+	hdrincl = READ_ONCE(hdrincl);
+
 	/*
 	 *	Get and verify the address.
 	 */
@@ -878,7 +886,7 @@ static int rawv6_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 		fl6.flowi6_oif = np->ucast_oif;
 	security_sk_classify_flow(sk, flowi6_to_flowi(&fl6));
 
-	if (inet->hdrincl)
+	if (hdrincl)
 		fl6.flowi6_flags |= FLOWI_FLAG_KNOWN_NH;
 
 	dst = ip6_dst_lookup_flow(sk, &fl6, final_p);
@@ -899,7 +907,7 @@ static int rawv6_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 		goto do_confirm;
 
 back_from_confirm:
-	if (inet->hdrincl)
+	if (hdrincl)
 		err = rawv6_send_hdrinc(sk, msg, len, &fl6, &dst, msg->msg_flags);
 	else {
 		lock_sock(sk);