1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.c b/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.c
index 79b85f327500..d916e1257c47 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.c
@@ -1223,8 +1223,13 @@ static int upload_rxdata(struct via_ircc_cb *self, int iobase)
 
         IRDA_DEBUG(2, "%s(): len=%x\n", __FUNCTION__, len);
 
+        if ((len - 4) < 2) {
+                self->stats.rx_dropped++;
+                return FALSE;
+        }
+
         skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + 1);
-        if ((skb == NULL) || ((len - 4) < 2)) {
+        if (skb == NULL) {
                 self->stats.rx_dropped++;
                 return FALSE;
         }