1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/eepro.c b/drivers/net/eepro.c
index a806dfe54d23..e70f172699db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/eepro.c
+++ b/drivers/net/eepro.c
@@ -1154,8 +1154,7 @@ static int eepro_send_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
                 printk(KERN_DEBUG  "%s: entering eepro_send_packet routine.\n", dev->name);
 
         if (length < ETH_ZLEN) {
-                skb = skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN);
-                if (skb == NULL)
+                if (skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN))
                         return 0;
                 length = ETH_ZLEN;
         }