diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 47082f54ec1f..9065477ed255 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ struct sk_buff {
 				 * UDP receive path is one user.
 				 */
 				unsigned long		dev_scratch;
+				int			ip_defrag_offset;
 			};
 		};
 		struct rb_node	rbnode; /* used in netem & tcp stack */
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c b/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
index fb185d9a5cc7..994fa70a910f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
@@ -57,14 +57,6 @@
  */
 static const char ip_frag_cache_name[] = "ip4-frags";
 
-struct ipfrag_skb_cb
-{
-	struct inet_skb_parm	h;
-	int			offset;
-};
-
-#define FRAG_CB(skb)	((struct ipfrag_skb_cb *)((skb)->cb))
-
 /* Describe an entry in the "incomplete datagrams" queue. */
 struct ipq {
 	struct inet_frag_queue q;
@@ -353,13 +345,13 @@ static int ip_frag_queue(struct ipq *qp, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	 * this fragment, right?
 	 */
 	prev = qp->q.fragments_tail;
-	if (!prev || FRAG_CB(prev)->offset < offset) {
+	if (!prev || prev->ip_defrag_offset < offset) {
 		next = NULL;
 		goto found;
 	}
 	prev = NULL;
 	for (next = qp->q.fragments; next != NULL; next = next->next) {
-		if (FRAG_CB(next)->offset >= offset)
+		if (next->ip_defrag_offset >= offset)
 			break;	/* bingo! */
 		prev = next;
 	}
@@ -370,7 +362,7 @@ found:
 	 * any overlaps are eliminated.
 	 */
 	if (prev) {
-		int i = (FRAG_CB(prev)->offset + prev->len) - offset;
+		int i = (prev->ip_defrag_offset + prev->len) - offset;
 
 		if (i > 0) {
 			offset += i;
@@ -387,8 +379,8 @@ found:
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 
-	while (next && FRAG_CB(next)->offset < end) {
-		int i = end - FRAG_CB(next)->offset; /* overlap is 'i' bytes */
+	while (next && next->ip_defrag_offset < end) {
+		int i = end - next->ip_defrag_offset; /* overlap is 'i' bytes */
 
 		if (i < next->len) {
 			/* Eat head of the next overlapped fragment
@@ -396,7 +388,7 @@ found:
 			 */
 			if (!pskb_pull(next, i))
 				goto err;
-			FRAG_CB(next)->offset += i;
+			next->ip_defrag_offset += i;
 			qp->q.meat -= i;
 			if (next->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY)
 				next->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
@@ -420,7 +412,13 @@ found:
 		}
 	}
 
-	FRAG_CB(skb)->offset = offset;
+	/* Note : skb->ip_defrag_offset and skb->dev share the same location */
+	dev = skb->dev;
+	if (dev)
+		qp->iif = dev->ifindex;
+	/* Makes sure compiler wont do silly aliasing games */
+	barrier();
+	skb->ip_defrag_offset = offset;
 
 	/* Insert this fragment in the chain of fragments. */
 	skb->next = next;
@@ -431,11 +429,6 @@ found:
 	else
 		qp->q.fragments = skb;
 
-	dev = skb->dev;
-	if (dev) {
-		qp->iif = dev->ifindex;
-		skb->dev = NULL;
-	}
 	qp->q.stamp = skb->tstamp;
 	qp->q.meat += skb->len;
 	qp->ecn |= ecn;
@@ -511,7 +504,7 @@ static int ip_frag_reasm(struct ipq *qp, struct sk_buff *prev,
 	}
 
 	WARN_ON(!head);
-	WARN_ON(FRAG_CB(head)->offset != 0);
+	WARN_ON(head->ip_defrag_offset != 0);
 
 	/* Allocate a new buffer for the datagram. */
 	ihlen = ip_hdrlen(head);