3 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 82f5116a89e4..746a652b9f6f 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1128,6 +1128,11 @@ static inline unsigned char *__skb_pull(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
         return skb->data += len;
 }
 
+static inline unsigned char *skb_pull_inline(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
+{
+        return unlikely(len > skb->len) ? NULL : __skb_pull(skb, len);
+}
+
 extern unsigned char *__pskb_pull_tail(struct sk_buff *skb, int delta);
 
 static inline unsigned char *__pskb_pull(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 4218ff49bf13..8b9c109166a7 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_push);
  */
 unsigned char *skb_pull(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
 {
-        return unlikely(len > skb->len) ? NULL : __skb_pull(skb, len);
+        return skb_pull_inline(skb, len);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_pull);
 
diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index 0c0d272a9888..61ec0329316c 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ __be16 eth_type_trans(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
         skb->dev = dev;
         skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
-        skb_pull(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+        skb_pull_inline(skb, ETH_HLEN);
         eth = eth_hdr(skb);
 
         if (unlikely(is_multicast_ether_addr(eth->h_dest))) {