diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_options.c b/net/ipv4/ip_options.c
index 4d315158fd3c..baaedd9689a0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_options.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_options.c
@@ -107,10 +107,7 @@ int ip_options_echo(struct ip_options * dopt, struct sk_buff * skb)
 	sptr = skb_network_header(skb);
 	dptr = dopt->__data;
 
-	if (skb->dst)
-		daddr = ((struct rtable*)skb->dst)->rt_spec_dst;
-	else
-		daddr = ip_hdr(skb)->daddr;
+	daddr = ((struct rtable*)skb->dst)->rt_spec_dst;
 
 	if (sopt->rr) {
 		optlen  = sptr[sopt->rr+1];