1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/ewrk3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/ewrk3.c
index f9df5e4d0341..1879f84a25a3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/ewrk3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/ewrk3.c
@@ -986,8 +986,10 @@ static int ewrk3_rx(struct net_device *dev)
                                                 dev->stats.rx_fifo_errors++;
                                 } else {
                                         struct sk_buff *skb;
+                                        skb = netdev_alloc_skb(dev,
+                                                        pkt_len + 2);
 
-                                        if ((skb = dev_alloc_skb(pkt_len + 2)) != NULL) {
+                                        if (skb != NULL) {
                                                 unsigned char *p;
                                                 skb_reserve(skb, 2);    /* Align to 16 bytes */
                                                 p = skb_put(skb, pkt_len);