diff --git a/src/vnet/vxlan/encap.c b/src/vnet/vxlan/encap.c
index fe2374c..b797624 100644
--- a/src/vnet/vxlan/encap.c
+++ b/src/vnet/vxlan/encap.c
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@
 
   u8 const underlay_hdr_len = is_ip4 ?
     sizeof(ip4_vxlan_header_t) : sizeof(ip6_vxlan_header_t);
-  u8 const rw_hdr_offset = sizeof t0->rewrite_data - underlay_hdr_len;
   u16 const l3_len = is_ip4 ? sizeof(ip4_header_t) : sizeof(ip6_header_t);
   u32 const csum_flags = is_ip4 ?
     VNET_BUFFER_F_OFFLOAD_IP_CKSUM | VNET_BUFFER_F_IS_IP4 |
@@ -173,6 +172,7 @@
 
           ASSERT(t0->rewrite_header.data_bytes == underlay_hdr_len);
           ASSERT(t1->rewrite_header.data_bytes == underlay_hdr_len);
+          vnet_rewrite_two_headers(*t0, *t1, vlib_buffer_get_current(b0), vlib_buffer_get_current(b1), underlay_hdr_len);
 
           vlib_buffer_advance (b0, -underlay_hdr_len);
           vlib_buffer_advance (b1, -underlay_hdr_len);
@@ -185,12 +185,6 @@
           void * underlay0 = vlib_buffer_get_current(b0);
           void * underlay1 = vlib_buffer_get_current(b1);
 
-	  /* vnet_rewrite_two_header writes only in (uword) 8 bytes chunks
-           * and discards the first 4 bytes of the (36 bytes ip4 underlay)  rewrite
-           * use memcpy as a workaround */
-          clib_memcpy_fast(underlay0, t0->rewrite_header.data + rw_hdr_offset, underlay_hdr_len);
-          clib_memcpy_fast(underlay1, t1->rewrite_header.data + rw_hdr_offset, underlay_hdr_len);
-
           ip4_header_t * ip4_0, * ip4_1;
 	  qos_bits_t ip4_0_tos = 0, ip4_1_tos = 0;
           ip6_header_t * ip6_0, * ip6_1;
@@ -354,15 +348,11 @@
 	  vnet_buffer(b0)->ip.adj_index[VLIB_TX] = dpoi_idx0;
 
           ASSERT(t0->rewrite_header.data_bytes == underlay_hdr_len);
+          vnet_rewrite_one_header(*t0, vlib_buffer_get_current(b0), underlay_hdr_len);
 
           vlib_buffer_advance (b0, -underlay_hdr_len);
           void * underlay0 = vlib_buffer_get_current(b0);
 
-	  /* vnet_rewrite_one_header writes only in (uword) 8 bytes chunks
-           * and discards the first 4 bytes of the (36 bytes ip4 underlay)  rewrite
-           * use memcpy as a workaround */
-          clib_memcpy_fast(underlay0, t0->rewrite_header.data + rw_hdr_offset, underlay_hdr_len);
-
  	  u32 len0 = vlib_buffer_length_in_chain (vm, b0);
           u16 payload_l0 = clib_host_to_net_u16 (len0 - l3_len);