diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index 105d7f0630ccb9c0a14b12395b04b322c5362e99..2de9b90c5f8f079859b695979acb4871c5a0ea08 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t veth_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_NONE)
 		skb->ip_summed = rcv_priv->ip_summed;
 
-	length = skb->len + ETH_HLEN;
+	length = skb->len;
 	if (dev_forward_skb(rcv, skb) != NET_RX_SUCCESS)
 		goto rx_drop;