diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 8232bc7..bc24ee2 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -1008,133 +1008,17 @@
 	return sk;
 }
 
-/* FIXME: this is substantially similar to the ipv4 code.
- * Can some kind of merge be done? -- erics
- */
 static int tcp_v6_conn_request(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	struct tcp_options_received tmp_opt;
-	struct request_sock *req;
-	struct inet_request_sock *ireq;
-	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
-	__u32 isn = TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->when;
-	struct dst_entry *dst = NULL;
-	struct tcp_fastopen_cookie foc = { .len = -1 };
-	bool want_cookie = false, fastopen;
-	struct flowi6 fl6;
-	const struct tcp_request_sock_ops *af_ops;
-	int err;
-
 	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
 		return tcp_v4_conn_request(sk, skb);
 
 	if (!ipv6_unicast_destination(skb))
 		goto drop;
 
-	if ((sysctl_tcp_syncookies == 2 ||
-	     inet_csk_reqsk_queue_is_full(sk)) && !isn) {
-		want_cookie = tcp_syn_flood_action(sk, skb, "TCPv6");
-		if (!want_cookie)
-			goto drop;
-	}
+	return tcp_conn_request(&tcp6_request_sock_ops,
+				&tcp_request_sock_ipv6_ops, sk, skb);
 
-	if (sk_acceptq_is_full(sk) && inet_csk_reqsk_queue_young(sk) > 1) {
-		NET_INC_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_LISTENOVERFLOWS);
-		goto drop;
-	}
-
-	req = inet_reqsk_alloc(&tcp6_request_sock_ops);
-	if (req == NULL)
-		goto drop;
-
-	af_ops = tcp_rsk(req)->af_specific = &tcp_request_sock_ipv6_ops;
-
-	tcp_clear_options(&tmp_opt);
-	tmp_opt.mss_clamp = af_ops->mss_clamp;
-	tmp_opt.user_mss = tp->rx_opt.user_mss;
-	tcp_parse_options(skb, &tmp_opt, 0, want_cookie ? NULL : &foc);
-
-	if (want_cookie && !tmp_opt.saw_tstamp)
-		tcp_clear_options(&tmp_opt);
-
-	tmp_opt.tstamp_ok = tmp_opt.saw_tstamp;
-	tcp_openreq_init(req, &tmp_opt, skb, sk);
-
-	ireq = inet_rsk(req);
-	af_ops->init_req(req, sk, skb);
-
-	if (security_inet_conn_request(sk, skb, req))
-		goto drop_and_release;
-
-	if (!want_cookie || tmp_opt.tstamp_ok)
-		TCP_ECN_create_request(req, skb, sock_net(sk));
-
-	if (want_cookie) {
-		isn = cookie_init_sequence(af_ops, sk, skb, &req->mss);
-		req->cookie_ts = tmp_opt.tstamp_ok;
-	} else if (!isn) {
-		/* VJ's idea. We save last timestamp seen
-		 * from the destination in peer table, when entering
-		 * state TIME-WAIT, and check against it before
-		 * accepting new connection request.
-		 *
-		 * If "isn" is not zero, this request hit alive
-		 * timewait bucket, so that all the necessary checks
-		 * are made in the function processing timewait state.
-		 */
-		if (tmp_opt.saw_tstamp && tcp_death_row.sysctl_tw_recycle) {
-			dst = af_ops->route_req(sk, (struct flowi *)&fl6, req,
-						NULL);
-			if (dst && !tcp_peer_is_proven(req, dst, true)) {
-				NET_INC_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_PAWSPASSIVEREJECTED);
-				goto drop_and_release;
-			}
-		}
-		/* Kill the following clause, if you dislike this way. */
-		else if (!sysctl_tcp_syncookies &&
-			 (sysctl_max_syn_backlog - inet_csk_reqsk_queue_len(sk) <
-			  (sysctl_max_syn_backlog >> 2)) &&
-			 !tcp_peer_is_proven(req, dst, false)) {
-			/* Without syncookies last quarter of
-			 * backlog is filled with destinations,
-			 * proven to be alive.
-			 * It means that we continue to communicate
-			 * to destinations, already remembered
-			 * to the moment of synflood.
-			 */
-			LIMIT_NETDEBUG(KERN_DEBUG "TCP: drop open request from %pI6/%u\n",
-				       &ireq->ir_v6_rmt_addr, ntohs(tcp_hdr(skb)->source));
-			goto drop_and_release;
-		}
-
-		isn = af_ops->init_seq(skb);
-	}
-
-	if (!dst) {
-		dst = af_ops->route_req(sk, (struct flowi *)&fl6, req, NULL);
-		if (!dst)
-			goto drop_and_free;
-	}
-
-	tcp_rsk(req)->snt_isn = isn;
-	tcp_openreq_init_rwin(req, sk, dst);
-	fastopen = !want_cookie &&
-		   tcp_try_fastopen(sk, skb, req, &foc, dst);
-	err = af_ops->send_synack(sk, dst, (struct flowi *)&fl6, req,
-				  skb_get_queue_mapping(skb), &foc);
-	if (!fastopen) {
-		if (err || want_cookie)
-			goto drop_and_free;
-
-		tcp_rsk(req)->listener = NULL;
-		af_ops->queue_hash_add(sk, req, TCP_TIMEOUT_INIT);
-	}
-	return 0;
-
-drop_and_release:
-	dst_release(dst);
-drop_and_free:
-	reqsk_free(req);
 drop:
 	NET_INC_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_LISTENDROPS);
 	return 0; /* don't send reset */