diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index 4f74341c06c2..ed4675e8cd8f 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -730,11 +730,9 @@ void l2tp_recv_common(struct l2tp_session *session, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				 "%s: recv data ns=%u, session nr=%u\n",
 				 session->name, ns, session->nr);
 		}
+		ptr += 4;
 	}
 
-	/* Advance past L2-specific header, if present */
-	ptr += session->l2specific_len;
-
 	if (L2TP_SKB_CB(skb)->has_seq) {
 		/* Received a packet with sequence numbers. If we're the LNS,
 		 * check if we sre sending sequence numbers and if not,
@@ -1083,21 +1081,20 @@ static int l2tp_build_l2tpv3_header(struct l2tp_session *session, void *buf)
 		memcpy(bufp, &session->cookie[0], session->cookie_len);
 		bufp += session->cookie_len;
 	}
-	if (session->l2specific_len) {
-		if (session->l2specific_type == L2TP_L2SPECTYPE_DEFAULT) {
-			u32 l2h = 0;
-			if (session->send_seq) {
-				l2h = 0x40000000 | session->ns;
-				session->ns++;
-				session->ns &= 0xffffff;
-				l2tp_dbg(session, L2TP_MSG_SEQ,
-					 "%s: updated ns to %u\n",
-					 session->name, session->ns);
-			}
+	if (session->l2specific_type == L2TP_L2SPECTYPE_DEFAULT) {
+		u32 l2h = 0;
 
-			*((__be32 *) bufp) = htonl(l2h);
+		if (session->send_seq) {
+			l2h = 0x40000000 | session->ns;
+			session->ns++;
+			session->ns &= 0xffffff;
+			l2tp_dbg(session, L2TP_MSG_SEQ,
+				 "%s: updated ns to %u\n",
+				 session->name, session->ns);
 		}
-		bufp += session->l2specific_len;
+
+		*((__be32 *)bufp) = htonl(l2h);
+		bufp += 4;
 	}
 	if (session->offset)
 		bufp += session->offset;
@@ -1846,7 +1843,7 @@ int l2tp_session_delete(struct l2tp_session *session)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(l2tp_session_delete);
 
 /* We come here whenever a session's send_seq, cookie_len or
- * l2specific_len parameters are set.
+ * l2specific_type parameters are set.
  */
 static void l2tp_session_set_header_len(struct l2tp_session *session, int version)
 {
@@ -1855,7 +1852,8 @@ static void l2tp_session_set_header_len(struct l2tp_session *session, int versio
 		if (session->send_seq)
 			session->hdr_len += 4;
 	} else {
-		session->hdr_len = 4 + session->cookie_len + session->l2specific_len + session->offset;
+		session->hdr_len = 4 + session->cookie_len + session->offset;
+		session->hdr_len += l2tp_get_l2specific_len(session);
 		if (session->tunnel->encap == L2TP_ENCAPTYPE_UDP)
 			session->hdr_len += 4;
 	}
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
index 2d6f8c0c2672..3e193e1f666a 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
@@ -301,6 +301,17 @@ do {									\
 #define l2tp_session_dec_refcount(s) l2tp_session_dec_refcount_1(s)
 #endif
 
+static inline int l2tp_get_l2specific_len(struct l2tp_session *session)
+{
+	switch (session->l2specific_type) {
+	case L2TP_L2SPECTYPE_DEFAULT:
+		return 4;
+	case L2TP_L2SPECTYPE_NONE:
+	default:
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
 #define l2tp_printk(ptr, type, func, fmt, ...)				\
 do {									\
 	if (((ptr)->debug) & (type))					\