diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
index 904fd1ab5f6e3762703d2931cf8fb6963c53c32c..4aaa3240453a4133e381044c4ade273ff03c8289 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
@@ -6651,13 +6651,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t niu_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
 	}
 
-	if (skb->len < ETH_ZLEN) {
-		unsigned int pad_bytes = ETH_ZLEN - skb->len;
-
-		if (skb_pad(skb, pad_bytes))
-			goto out;
-		skb_put(skb, pad_bytes);
-	}
+	if (eth_skb_pad(skb))
+		goto out;
 
 	len = sizeof(struct tx_pkt_hdr) + 15;
 	if (skb_headroom(skb) < len) {