diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/libfcoe.c b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/libfcoe.c
index 5548bf3bb58b..a99a42807b38 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/libfcoe.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/libfcoe.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ int fcoe_xmit(struct fc_lport *lp, struct fc_frame *fp)
 	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 	skb->mac_len = elen;
-	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_802_3);
+	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_FCOE);
 	skb->dev = fc->real_dev;
 
 	/* fill up mac and fcoe headers */
diff --git a/include/linux/if_ether.h b/include/linux/if_ether.h
index 7f3c735f422b..59d197cb4851 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_ether.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_ether.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 #define ETH_P_PAE	0x888E		/* Port Access Entity (IEEE 802.1X) */
 #define ETH_P_AOE	0x88A2		/* ATA over Ethernet		*/
 #define ETH_P_TIPC	0x88CA		/* TIPC 			*/
+#define ETH_P_FCOE	0x8906		/* Fibre Channel over Ethernet  */
 #define ETH_P_EDSA	0xDADA		/* Ethertype DSA [ NOT AN OFFICIALLY REGISTERED ID ] */
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/scsi/fc/fc_fcoe.h b/include/scsi/fc/fc_fcoe.h
index f271d9cc0fc2..ccb3dbe90463 100644
--- a/include/scsi/fc/fc_fcoe.h
+++ b/include/scsi/fc/fc_fcoe.h
@@ -24,13 +24,6 @@
  * FCoE - Fibre Channel over Ethernet.
  */
 
-/*
- * The FCoE ethertype eventually goes in net/if_ether.h.
- */
-#ifndef ETH_P_FCOE
-#define	ETH_P_FCOE	0x8906		/* FCOE ether type */
-#endif
-
 /*
  * FC_FCOE_OUI hasn't been standardized yet.   XXX TBD.
  */