diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index 213612f1680c..30a3447e34b4 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -352,15 +352,6 @@ struct ipcm6_cookie {
 	struct ipv6_txoptions *opt;
 };
 
-static inline void ipcm6_init(struct ipcm6_cookie *ipc6)
-{
-	*ipc6 = (struct ipcm6_cookie) {
-		.hlimit = -1,
-		.tclass = -1,
-		.dontfrag = -1,
-	};
-}
-
 static inline void ipcm6_init_sk(struct ipcm6_cookie *ipc6,
 				 const struct ipv6_pinfo *np)
 {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/datagram.c b/net/ipv6/datagram.c
index 206f66310a88..1b334bc855ae 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/datagram.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/datagram.c
@@ -1003,9 +1003,9 @@ int ip6_datagram_send_ctl(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
 			if (tc < -1 || tc > 0xff)
 				goto exit_f;
 
+			if (tc != -1)
+				ipc6->tclass = tc;
 			err = 0;
-			ipc6->tclass = tc;
-
 			break;
 		    }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 1f3d777e7694..976554d0fdec 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -2001,8 +2001,6 @@ struct sk_buff *ip6_make_skb(struct sock *sk,
 		ip6_cork_release(cork, &v6_cork);
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
-	if (ipc6->dontfrag < 0)
-		ipc6->dontfrag = inet6_sk(sk)->dontfrag;
 
 	err = __ip6_append_data(sk, &queue, cork, &v6_cork,
 				&current->task_frag, getfrag, from,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/raw.c b/net/ipv6/raw.c
index 0d7c13d33d1a..4582e432fa9f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/raw.c
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ static int rawv6_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	fl6.flowi6_mark = sk->sk_mark;
 	fl6.flowi6_uid = sk->sk_uid;
 
-	ipcm6_init(&ipc6);
+	ipcm6_init_sk(&ipc6, np);
 	ipc6.sockc.tsflags = sk->sk_tsflags;
 	ipc6.sockc.mark = sk->sk_mark;
 
@@ -920,9 +920,6 @@ static int rawv6_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	if (hdrincl)
 		fl6.flowi6_flags |= FLOWI_FLAG_KNOWN_NH;
 
-	if (ipc6.tclass < 0)
-		ipc6.tclass = np->tclass;
-
 	fl6.flowlabel = ip6_make_flowinfo(ipc6.tclass, fl6.flowlabel);
 
 	dst = ip6_dst_lookup_flow(sock_net(sk), sk, &fl6, final_p);
@@ -933,9 +930,6 @@ static int rawv6_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	if (ipc6.hlimit < 0)
 		ipc6.hlimit = ip6_sk_dst_hoplimit(np, &fl6, dst);
 
-	if (ipc6.dontfrag < 0)
-		ipc6.dontfrag = np->dontfrag;
-
 	if (msg->msg_flags&MSG_CONFIRM)
 		goto do_confirm;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/udp.c b/net/ipv6/udp.c
index db9449b52dbe..de8382930910 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/udp.c
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ int udpv6_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	int is_udplite = IS_UDPLITE(sk);
 	int (*getfrag)(void *, char *, int, int, int, struct sk_buff *);
 
-	ipcm6_init(&ipc6);
+	ipcm6_init_sk(&ipc6, np);
 	ipc6.gso_size = READ_ONCE(up->gso_size);
 	ipc6.sockc.tsflags = sk->sk_tsflags;
 	ipc6.sockc.mark = sk->sk_mark;
@@ -1518,9 +1518,6 @@ int udpv6_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 
 	security_sk_classify_flow(sk, flowi6_to_flowi_common(fl6));
 
-	if (ipc6.tclass < 0)
-		ipc6.tclass = np->tclass;
-
 	fl6->flowlabel = ip6_make_flowinfo(ipc6.tclass, fl6->flowlabel);
 
 	dst = ip6_sk_dst_lookup_flow(sk, fl6, final_p, connected);
@@ -1566,8 +1563,6 @@ int udpv6_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	up->pending = AF_INET6;
 
 do_append_data:
-	if (ipc6.dontfrag < 0)
-		ipc6.dontfrag = np->dontfrag;
 	up->len += ulen;
 	err = ip6_append_data(sk, getfrag, msg, ulen, sizeof(struct udphdr),
 			      &ipc6, fl6, (struct rt6_info *)dst,
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
index 217c7192691e..12406789bb28 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static int l2tp_ip6_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	fl6.flowi6_mark = sk->sk_mark;
 	fl6.flowi6_uid = sk->sk_uid;
 
-	ipcm6_init(&ipc6);
+	ipcm6_init_sk(&ipc6, np);
 
 	if (lsa) {
 		if (addr_len < SIN6_LEN_RFC2133)
@@ -608,9 +608,6 @@ static int l2tp_ip6_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 
 	security_sk_classify_flow(sk, flowi6_to_flowi_common(&fl6));
 
-	if (ipc6.tclass < 0)
-		ipc6.tclass = np->tclass;
-
 	fl6.flowlabel = ip6_make_flowinfo(ipc6.tclass, fl6.flowlabel);
 
 	dst = ip6_dst_lookup_flow(sock_net(sk), sk, &fl6, final_p);
@@ -622,9 +619,6 @@ static int l2tp_ip6_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	if (ipc6.hlimit < 0)
 		ipc6.hlimit = ip6_sk_dst_hoplimit(np, &fl6, dst);
 
-	if (ipc6.dontfrag < 0)
-		ipc6.dontfrag = np->dontfrag;
-
 	if (msg->msg_flags & MSG_CONFIRM)
 		goto do_confirm;
 
