diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index 9890fd97e538b6c9a18efb2ae068e8560d530e4b..c971f14712ec207608dd48d8477516bcb9af054b 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ int eth_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, unsigned short type,
 		saddr = dev->dev_addr;
 	memcpy(eth->h_source,saddr,dev->addr_len);
 
+	if(daddr)
+	{
+		memcpy(eth->h_dest,daddr,dev->addr_len);
+		return ETH_HLEN;
+	}
+	
 	/*
 	 *	Anyway, the loopback-device should never use this function... 
 	 */
@@ -105,12 +111,6 @@ int eth_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, unsigned short type,
 		return ETH_HLEN;
 	}
 	
-	if(daddr)
-	{
-		memcpy(eth->h_dest,daddr,dev->addr_len);
-		return ETH_HLEN;
-	}
-	
 	return -ETH_HLEN;
 }