- /* start at ipx_dest - We skip the checksum field and start with
- * ipx_type before the loop, not considering ipx_tctrl in the calc */
- __u16 *p = (__u16 *)&packet->ipx_dest;
- __u32 i = (length >> 1) - 1; /* Number of complete words */
- __u32 sum = packet->ipx_type << sizeof(packet->ipx_tctrl);
-
- /* Loop through all complete words except the checksum field,
- * ipx_type (accounted above) and ipx_tctrl (not used in the cksum) */
- while (--i)
+ /* handle the first 3 words separately; checksum should be skipped
+ * and ipx_tctrl masked out */
+ __u16 *p = (__u16 *)packet;
+ __u32 sum = p[1] + (p[2] & (__force u16)htons(0x00ff));
+ __u32 i = (length >> 1) - 3; /* Number of remaining complete words */
+
+ /* Loop through them */
+ p += 3;
+ while (i--)