diff --git a/net/dsa/tag_hellcreek.c b/net/dsa/tag_hellcreek.c
index 663b25785d95..544ab15685a2 100644
--- a/net/dsa/tag_hellcreek.c
+++ b/net/dsa/tag_hellcreek.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 static struct sk_buff *hellcreek_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				      struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	struct dsa_port *dp = dsa_user_to_port(dev);
 	u8 *tag;
 
 	/* Calculate checksums (if required) before adding the trailer tag to
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *hellcreek_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	/* Tag encoding */
 	tag  = skb_put(skb, HELLCREEK_TAG_LEN);
-	*tag = BIT(dp->index);
+	*tag = dsa_xmit_port_mask(skb, dev);
 
 	return skb;
 }