diff --git a/usr.sbin/ppp/slcompress.c b/usr.sbin/ppp/slcompress.c
index 16912a6d452..19bbb4ac945 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/ppp/slcompress.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/ppp/slcompress.c
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ sl_uncompress_tcp(u_char ** bufp, int len, u_int type, struct slcompress *comp,
   register struct tcphdr *th;
   register struct cstate *cs;
   register struct ip *ip;
+  u_short *bp;
 
   switch (type) {
 
@@ -437,7 +438,6 @@ sl_uncompress_tcp(u_char ** bufp, int len, u_int type, struct slcompress *comp,
     if (hlen > MAX_HDR)
       goto bad;
     memcpy(&cs->cs_ip, ip, hlen);
-    cs->cs_ip.ip_sum = 0;
     cs->cs_hlen = hlen;
     slstat->sls_uncompressedin++;
     return (len);
@@ -541,26 +541,22 @@ sl_uncompress_tcp(u_char ** bufp, int len, u_int type, struct slcompress *comp,
      */
     goto bad;
 
-  cp -= cs->cs_hlen;
+  *bufp = cp - cs->cs_hlen;
   len += cs->cs_hlen;
   cs->cs_ip.ip_len = htons(len);
-  memcpy(cp, &cs->cs_ip, cs->cs_hlen);
-  *bufp = cp;
 
   /* recompute the ip header checksum */
-  {
-    u_short sum, *bp = (u_short *)&cs->cs_ip;
+  cs->cs_ip.ip_sum = 0;
+  bp = (u_short *)&cs->cs_ip;
+  for (changes = 0; hlen > 0; hlen -= 2)
+    changes += *bp++;
+  changes = (changes & 0xffff) + (changes >> 16);
+  changes = (changes & 0xffff) + (changes >> 16);
+  cs->cs_ip.ip_sum = ~changes;
 
-    for (changes = 0; hlen > 0; hlen -= 2)
-      changes += *bp++;
-    changes = (changes & 0xffff) + (changes >> 16);
-    changes = (changes & 0xffff) + (changes >> 16);
+  /* And copy the result into our buffer */
+  memcpy(*bufp, &cs->cs_ip, cs->cs_hlen);
 
-    /* Watch out for alighment problems.... */
-    sum = ~changes;
-    bp = (u_short *)(cp + (int)&((struct ip *)0)->ip_sum);
-    memcpy(bp, &sum, sizeof *bp);
-  }
   return (len);
 bad:
   comp->flags |= SLF_TOSS;