1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index 4ae6aa562f2b..b13821ad2fb6 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -120,8 +120,15 @@ int sch_direct_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *q,
 
         HARD_TX_LOCK(dev, txq, smp_processor_id());
         if (!netif_tx_queue_stopped(txq) &&
-            !netif_tx_queue_frozen(txq))
+            !netif_tx_queue_frozen(txq)) {
                 ret = dev_hard_start_xmit(skb, dev, txq);
+
+                /* an error implies that the skb was consumed */
+                if (ret < 0)
+                        ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
+                /* all NET_XMIT codes map to NETDEV_TX_OK */
+                ret &= ~NET_XMIT_MASK;
+        }
         HARD_TX_UNLOCK(dev, txq);
 
         spin_lock(root_lock);