diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 82f5116a89e42eaf365c516ad9f11ad420643227..746a652b9f6f9525ae3a866fc230a09914efb999 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1128,6 +1128,11 @@ static inline unsigned char *__skb_pull(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
 	return skb->data += len;
 }
 
+static inline unsigned char *skb_pull_inline(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
+{
+	return unlikely(len > skb->len) ? NULL : __skb_pull(skb, len);
+}
+
 extern unsigned char *__pskb_pull_tail(struct sk_buff *skb, int delta);
 
 static inline unsigned char *__pskb_pull(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 4218ff49bf138ca6be76f5d27424b745cb7edcf1..8b9c109166a7f5a72cd5e863198cad1cd74392ab 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_push);
  */
 unsigned char *skb_pull(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
 {
-	return unlikely(len > skb->len) ? NULL : __skb_pull(skb, len);
+	return skb_pull_inline(skb, len);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_pull);
 
diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index 0c0d272a9888af29d8c240535d3061377438df3f..61ec0329316c1353fb5f59f3e1e24d0cb397a19e 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ __be16 eth_type_trans(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	skb->dev = dev;
 	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
-	skb_pull(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+	skb_pull_inline(skb, ETH_HLEN);
 	eth = eth_hdr(skb);
 
 	if (unlikely(is_multicast_ether_addr(eth->h_dest))) {