1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ariadne.c b/drivers/net/ariadne.c
index d1b6b1f794e2..a9bb7a4aff98 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ariadne.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ariadne.c
@@ -607,8 +607,7 @@ static int ariadne_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
     /* FIXME: is the 79C960 new enough to do its own padding right ? */
     if (skb->len < ETH_ZLEN)
     {
-        skb = skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN);
-        if (skb == NULL)
+        if (skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN))
             return 0;
         len = ETH_ZLEN;
     }