diff --git a/net/bridge/br_forward.c b/net/bridge/br_forward.c
index 2cb8da465b98bab0de2f29861cd19039a2a0e326..48ddc60b4fbdece571592bc86689860707ddf6ba 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_forward.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_forward.c
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ static inline int should_deliver(const struct net_bridge_port *p,
 
 int br_dev_queue_push_xmit(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
 	if (!is_skb_forwardable(skb->dev, skb))
 		goto drop;
 
-	skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
 	br_drop_fake_rtable(skb);
 
 	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL &&
@@ -98,12 +98,11 @@ static void __br_forward(const struct net_bridge_port *to,
 		net = dev_net(indev);
 	} else {
 		if (unlikely(netpoll_tx_running(to->br->dev))) {
-			if (!is_skb_forwardable(skb->dev, skb)) {
+			skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+			if (!is_skb_forwardable(skb->dev, skb))
 				kfree_skb(skb);
-			} else {
-				skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+			else
 				br_netpoll_send_skb(to, skb);
-			}
 			return;
 		}
 		br_hook = NF_BR_LOCAL_OUT;