diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
index 2153e8062b4cefcca2ee92c6459fae295fbf4500..5cc3a07dda9e6acf202ba29a1f0a420814c4a96d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t brcmf_netdev_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	/* Make sure there's enough writeable headroom */
 	if (skb_headroom(skb) < drvr->hdrlen || skb_header_cloned(skb)) {
-		head_delta = drvr->hdrlen - skb_headroom(skb);
+		head_delta = max_t(int, drvr->hdrlen - skb_headroom(skb), 0);
 
 		brcmf_dbg(INFO, "%s: insufficient headroom (%d)\n",
 			  brcmf_ifname(ifp), head_delta);