diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
index 9e7e3f1dce3ea84f4305f8b0665fbd0aad5ac877..af099057f0e9c263dc250924785a15cf75ea6edb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
@@ -2913,16 +2913,11 @@ static netdev_tx_t myri10ge_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		flags |= MXGEFW_FLAGS_SMALL;
 
 		/* pad frames to at least ETH_ZLEN bytes */
-		if (unlikely(skb->len < ETH_ZLEN)) {
-			if (skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN)) {
-				/* The packet is gone, so we must
-				 * return 0 */
-				ss->stats.tx_dropped += 1;
-				return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-			}
-			/* adjust the len to account for the zero pad
-			 * so that the nic can know how long it is */
-			skb->len = ETH_ZLEN;
+		if (eth_skb_pad(skb)) {
+			/* The packet is gone, so we must
+			 * return 0 */
+			ss->stats.tx_dropped += 1;
+			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 		}
 	}