1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/r8169.c b/drivers/net/r8169.c
index 9945cc6b8d9..985afe0e627 100644
--- a/drivers/net/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/r8169.c
@@ -2222,8 +2222,7 @@ static int rtl8169_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
                 len = skb->len;
 
                 if (unlikely(len < ETH_ZLEN)) {
-                        skb = skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN);
-                        if (!skb)
+                        if (skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN))
                                 goto err_update_stats;
                         len = ETH_ZLEN;
                 }