1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/eexpress.c b/drivers/net/eexpress.c
index 82bd356e4f3a..a74b20715755 100644
--- a/drivers/net/eexpress.c
+++ b/drivers/net/eexpress.c
@@ -677,8 +677,7 @@ static int eexp_xmit(struct sk_buff *buf, struct net_device *dev)
 #endif
 
         if (buf->len < ETH_ZLEN) {
-                buf = skb_padto(buf, ETH_ZLEN);
-                if (buf == NULL)
+                if (skb_padto(buf, ETH_ZLEN))
                         return 0;
                 length = ETH_ZLEN;
         }