diff --git a/net/ipv6/ah6.c b/net/ipv6/ah6.c
index 2b68bd7c83c4..93cc43443e98 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ah6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ah6.c
@@ -58,6 +58,34 @@ struct ah_skb_cb {
 
 #define AH_SKB_CB(__skb) ((struct ah_skb_cb *)&((__skb)->cb[0]))
 
+/* Helper to save IPv6 addresses and extension headers to temporary storage */
+static inline void ah6_save_hdrs(struct tmp_ext *iph_ext,
+				 struct ipv6hdr *top_iph, int extlen)
+{
+	if (!extlen)
+		return;
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6_MIP6)
+	iph_ext->saddr = top_iph->saddr;
+#endif
+	iph_ext->daddr = top_iph->daddr;
+	memcpy(&iph_ext->hdrs, top_iph + 1, extlen - sizeof(*iph_ext));
+}
+
+/* Helper to restore IPv6 addresses and extension headers from temporary storage */
+static inline void ah6_restore_hdrs(struct ipv6hdr *top_iph,
+				    struct tmp_ext *iph_ext, int extlen)
+{
+	if (!extlen)
+		return;
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6_MIP6)
+	top_iph->saddr = iph_ext->saddr;
+#endif
+	top_iph->daddr = iph_ext->daddr;
+	memcpy(top_iph + 1, &iph_ext->hdrs, extlen - sizeof(*iph_ext));
+}
+
 static void *ah_alloc_tmp(struct crypto_ahash *ahash, int nfrags,
 			  unsigned int size)
 {
@@ -319,13 +347,7 @@ static void ah6_output_done(struct crypto_async_request *base, int err)
 	memcpy(ah->auth_data, icv, ahp->icv_trunc_len);
 	memcpy(top_iph, iph_base, IPV6HDR_BASELEN);
 
-	if (extlen) {
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6_MIP6)
-		memcpy(&top_iph->saddr, iph_ext, extlen);
-#else
-		memcpy(&top_iph->daddr, iph_ext, extlen);
-#endif
-	}
+	ah6_restore_hdrs(top_iph, iph_ext, extlen);
 
 	kfree(AH_SKB_CB(skb)->tmp);
 	xfrm_output_resume(skb, err);
@@ -396,12 +418,8 @@ static int ah6_output(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	 */
 	memcpy(iph_base, top_iph, IPV6HDR_BASELEN);
 
+	ah6_save_hdrs(iph_ext, top_iph, extlen);
 	if (extlen) {
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6_MIP6)
-		memcpy(iph_ext, &top_iph->saddr, extlen);
-#else
-		memcpy(iph_ext, &top_iph->daddr, extlen);
-#endif
 		err = ipv6_clear_mutable_options(top_iph,
 						 extlen - sizeof(*iph_ext) +
 						 sizeof(*top_iph),
@@ -452,13 +470,7 @@ static int ah6_output(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	memcpy(ah->auth_data, icv, ahp->icv_trunc_len);
 	memcpy(top_iph, iph_base, IPV6HDR_BASELEN);
 
-	if (extlen) {
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6_MIP6)
-		memcpy(&top_iph->saddr, iph_ext, extlen);
-#else
-		memcpy(&top_iph->daddr, iph_ext, extlen);
-#endif
-	}
+	ah6_restore_hdrs(top_iph, iph_ext, extlen);
 
 out_free:
 	kfree(iph_base);