diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/in.h b/include/uapi/linux/in.h
index 1521073b6348..8533bf07450f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/in.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/in.h
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ enum {
 #define IPPROTO_UDPLITE		IPPROTO_UDPLITE
   IPPROTO_MPLS = 137,		/* MPLS in IP (RFC 4023)		*/
 #define IPPROTO_MPLS		IPPROTO_MPLS
+  IPPROTO_ETHERNET = 143,	/* Ethernet-within-IPv6 Encapsulation	*/
+#define IPPROTO_ETHERNET	IPPROTO_ETHERNET
   IPPROTO_RAW = 255,		/* Raw IP packets			*/
 #define IPPROTO_RAW		IPPROTO_RAW
   IPPROTO_MPTCP = 262,		/* Multipath TCP connection		*/
diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c b/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
index ab7f124ff5d7..8c52efe299cc 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static int seg6_do_srh(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		skb_mac_header_rebuild(skb);
 		skb_push(skb, skb->mac_len);
 
-		err = seg6_do_srh_encap(skb, tinfo->srh, NEXTHDR_NONE);
+		err = seg6_do_srh_encap(skb, tinfo->srh, IPPROTO_ETHERNET);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c b/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c
index 7cbc19731997..8165802d8e05 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ static int input_action_end_dx2(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct net_device *odev;
 	struct ethhdr *eth;
 
-	if (!decap_and_validate(skb, NEXTHDR_NONE))
+	if (!decap_and_validate(skb, IPPROTO_ETHERNET))
 		goto drop;
 
 	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, ETH_HLEN))