1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/sgiseeq.c b/drivers/net/sgiseeq.c
index ed999d31f1fa..37f6a00cde17 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sgiseeq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sgiseeq.c
@@ -592,8 +592,10 @@ static int sgiseeq_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
         /* Setup... */
         len = skb->len;
         if (len < ETH_ZLEN) {
-                if (skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN))
+                if (skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN)) {
+                        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sp->tx_lock, flags);
                         return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+                }
                 len = ETH_ZLEN;
         }