1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/atarilance.c b/drivers/net/atarilance.c
index 442b2cbeb58a..91783a8008be 100644
--- a/drivers/net/atarilance.c
+++ b/drivers/net/atarilance.c
@@ -804,8 +804,7 @@ static int lance_start_xmit( struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev )
                 ++len;
                 
         if (len > skb->len) {
-                skb = skb_padto(skb, len);
-                if (skb == NULL)
+                if (skb_padto(skb, len))
                         return 0;
         }