diff --git a/net/ipv6/udp.c b/net/ipv6/udp.c
index 72b7eaaf3ca0..18786098fd41 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/udp.c
@@ -1225,9 +1225,6 @@ do_udp_sendmsg:
 	if (tclass < 0)
 		tclass = np->tclass;
 
-	if (dontfrag < 0)
-		dontfrag = np->dontfrag;
-
 	if (msg->msg_flags&MSG_CONFIRM)
 		goto do_confirm;
 back_from_confirm:
@@ -1246,6 +1243,8 @@ back_from_confirm:
 	up->pending = AF_INET6;
 
 do_append_data:
+	if (dontfrag < 0)
+		dontfrag = np->dontfrag;
 	up->len += ulen;
 	getfrag  =  is_udplite ?  udplite_getfrag : ip_generic_getfrag;
 	err = ip6_append_data(sk, getfrag, msg->msg_iov, ulen,