diff --git a/tests/cts/hostside/app/src/com/android/cts/net/hostside/PacketReflector.java b/tests/cts/hostside/app/src/com/android/cts/net/hostside/PacketReflector.java
index a4a2956..124c2c3 100644
--- a/tests/cts/hostside/app/src/com/android/cts/net/hostside/PacketReflector.java
+++ b/tests/cts/hostside/app/src/com/android/cts/net/hostside/PacketReflector.java
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 
 package com.android.cts.net.hostside;
 
+import static android.system.OsConstants.ICMP6_ECHO_REPLY;
+import static android.system.OsConstants.ICMP6_ECHO_REQUEST;
+import static android.system.OsConstants.ICMP_ECHO;
+import static android.system.OsConstants.ICMP_ECHOREPLY;
+
 import android.system.ErrnoException;
 import android.system.Os;
 import android.util.Log;
@@ -47,8 +52,6 @@
 
     private static final byte ICMP_ECHO = 8;
     private static final byte ICMP_ECHOREPLY = 0;
-    private static final byte ICMPV6_ECHO_REQUEST = (byte) 128;
-    private static final byte ICMPV6_ECHO_REPLY = (byte) 129;
 
     private static String TAG = "PacketReflector";
 
@@ -125,7 +128,7 @@
 
         byte type = buf[hdrLen];
         if (!(version == 4 && type == ICMP_ECHO) &&
-            !(version == 6 && type == ICMPV6_ECHO_REQUEST)) {
+            !(version == 6 && type == (byte) ICMP6_ECHO_REQUEST)) {
             return;
         }
 
@@ -145,10 +148,18 @@
             return;
         }
 
+        byte replyType = buf[hdrLen];
+        if ((type == ICMP_ECHO && replyType != ICMP_ECHOREPLY)
+                || (type == (byte) ICMP6_ECHO_REQUEST && replyType != (byte) ICMP6_ECHO_REPLY)) {
+            Log.i(TAG, "Received unexpected ICMP reply: original " + type
+                    + ", reply " + replyType);
+            return;
+        }
+
         // Compare the response we got with the original packet.
         // The only thing that should have changed are addresses, type and checksum.
         // Overwrite them with the received bytes and see if the packet is otherwise identical.
-        request[hdrLen] = buf[hdrLen];          // Type.
+        request[hdrLen] = buf[hdrLen];          // Type
         request[hdrLen + 2] = buf[hdrLen + 2];  // Checksum byte 1.
         request[hdrLen + 3] = buf[hdrLen + 3];  // Checksum byte 2.
 
diff --git a/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/ipv6/cts/PingTest.java b/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/ipv6/cts/PingTest.java
index c23ad30..146fd83 100644
--- a/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/ipv6/cts/PingTest.java
+++ b/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/ipv6/cts/PingTest.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
     /** The beginning of an ICMPv6 echo request: type, code, and uninitialized checksum. */
     private static final byte[] PING_HEADER = new byte[] {
-        (byte) 0x80, (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x00
+        (byte) ICMP6_ECHO_REQUEST, (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x00
     };
 
     /**
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
         byte[] response = new byte[bytesRead];
         responseBuffer.flip();
         responseBuffer.get(response, 0, bytesRead);
-        assertEquals((byte) 0x81, response[0]);
+        assertEquals((byte) ICMP6_ECHO_REPLY, response[0]);
 
         // Find out what ICMP ID was used in the packet that was sent.
         int id = ((InetSocketAddress) Os.getsockname(s)).getPort();