1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/82596.c b/drivers/net/82596.c
index da0c878dcba..8a9f7d61b9b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/82596.c
+++ b/drivers/net/82596.c
@@ -1070,8 +1070,7 @@ static int i596_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
                                 skb->len, (unsigned int)skb->data));
 
         if (skb->len < ETH_ZLEN) {
-                skb = skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN);
-                if (skb == NULL)
+                if (skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN))
                         return 0;
                 length = ETH_ZLEN;
         }