diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 8795b0f..0066da2 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -2338,6 +2338,15 @@
 	return false;
 }
 
+static void tpacket_set_protocol(const struct net_device *dev,
+				 struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	if (dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER) {
+		skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
+		skb->protocol = eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto;
+	}
+}
+
 static int tpacket_fill_skb(struct packet_sock *po, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		void *frame, struct net_device *dev, int size_max,
 		__be16 proto, unsigned char *addr, int hlen)
@@ -2419,6 +2428,8 @@
 				dev->hard_header_len);
 		if (unlikely(err))
 			return err;
+		if (!skb->protocol)
+			tpacket_set_protocol(dev, skb);
 
 		data += dev->hard_header_len;
 		to_write -= dev->hard_header_len;