1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
index 6580df2f7443..5d57d774e466 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
@@ -2562,7 +2562,7 @@ ath5k_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
                 if (skb_headroom(skb) < padsize) {
                         ATH5K_ERR(sc, "tx hdrlen not %%4: %d not enough"
                                   " headroom to pad %d\n", hdrlen, padsize);
-                        return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+                        goto drop_packet;
                 }
                 skb_push(skb, padsize);
                 memmove(skb->data, skb->data+padsize, hdrlen);
@@ -2573,7 +2573,7 @@ ath5k_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
                 ATH5K_ERR(sc, "no further txbuf available, dropping packet\n");
                 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sc->txbuflock, flags);
                 ieee80211_stop_queue(hw, skb_get_queue_mapping(skb));
-                return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+                goto drop_packet;
         }
         bf = list_first_entry(&sc->txbuf, struct ath5k_buf, list);
         list_del(&bf->list);
@@ -2590,10 +2590,12 @@ ath5k_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
                 list_add_tail(&bf->list, &sc->txbuf);
                 sc->txbuf_len++;
                 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sc->txbuflock, flags);
-                dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
-                return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+                goto drop_packet;
         }
+        return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
+drop_packet:
+        dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
         return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }