diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
index 8534afd04e7c..31dd2a7a880f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ static int ipoib_hard_header(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	 */
 	memcpy(cb->hwaddr, daddr, INFINIBAND_ALEN);
 
-	return 0;
+	return sizeof *header;
 }
 
 static void ipoib_set_mcast_list(struct net_device *dev)