1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/irda/irlap.c b/net/irda/irlap.c
index 7029618f5719..a16528657b4c 100644
--- a/net/irda/irlap.c
+++ b/net/irda/irlap.c
@@ -884,7 +884,8 @@ static void irlap_change_speed(struct irlap_cb *self, __u32 speed, int now)
         if (now) {
                 /* Send down empty frame to trigger speed change */
                 skb = dev_alloc_skb(0);
-                irlap_queue_xmit(self, skb);
+                if (skb)
+                        irlap_queue_xmit(self, skb);
         }
 }