diff --git a/packets/serialize.go b/packets/serialize.go
index c3b1699b..7bf52c2d 100644
--- a/packets/serialize.go
+++ b/packets/serialize.go
@@ -4,17 +4,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/gopacket"
 )
 
-func Serialize(layers ...gopacket.SerializableLayer) (error, []byte) {
-	// Set up buffer and options for serialization.
-	buf := gopacket.NewSerializeBuffer()
-	opts := gopacket.SerializeOptions{
-		FixLengths:       true,
-		ComputeChecksums: true,
-	}
+var SerializationOptions = gopacket.SerializeOptions{
+	FixLengths:       true,
+	ComputeChecksums: true,
+}
 
-	if err := gopacket.SerializeLayers(buf, opts, layers...); err != nil {
+func Serialize(layers ...gopacket.SerializableLayer) (error, []byte) {
+	buf := gopacket.NewSerializeBuffer()
+	if err := gopacket.SerializeLayers(buf, SerializationOptions, layers...); err != nil {
 		return err, nil
 	}
-
 	return nil, buf.Bytes()
 }