diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
index 7dd0868f983ae8df9a3578db8554b7d2b2cba51e..35be2e8f0c989916c30e50313877e4d9eb71fc3d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
@@ -1431,6 +1431,7 @@ static int ppp_mp_explode(struct ppp *ppp, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		*otherwise divide it according to the speed
 		*of the channel we are going to transmit on
 		*/
+		flen = len;
 		if (nfree > 0) {
 			if (pch->speed == 0) {
 				flen = totlen/nfree	;