1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/uli526x.c b/drivers/net/tulip/uli526x.c
index b79d908fe34e..7063f56640c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/uli526x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/uli526x.c
@@ -851,13 +851,15 @@ static void uli526x_rx_packet(struct net_device *dev, struct uli526x_board_info
 
                         if ( !(rdes0 & 0x8000) ||
                                 ((db->cr6_data & CR6_PM) && (rxlen>6)) ) {
+                                struct sk_buff *new_skb = NULL;
+
                                 skb = rxptr->rx_skb_ptr;
 
                                 /* Good packet, send to upper layer */
                                 /* Shorst packet used new SKB */
-                                if ( (rxlen < RX_COPY_SIZE) &&
-                                        ( (skb = dev_alloc_skb(rxlen + 2) )
-                                        != NULL) ) {
+                                if ((rxlen < RX_COPY_SIZE) &&
+                                    (((new_skb = dev_alloc_skb(rxlen + 2)) != NULL))) {
+                                        skb = new_skb;
                                         /* size less than COPY_SIZE, allocate a rxlen SKB */
                                         skb_reserve(skb, 2); /* 16byte align */
                                         memcpy(skb_put(skb, rxlen),