diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index 4792cabb862e11aa45c25fd0af50776ba9be4ad2..3623ba23ff0baa03512cb9396d99816eb452efc7 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -3918,23 +3918,16 @@ static inline void __qeth_fill_buffer(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		buffer->element[element].addr = data;
 		buffer->element[element].length = length_here;
 		length -= length_here;
-		if (!length) {
-			if (first_lap)
-				if (skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags)
-					buffer->element[element].eflags =
-						SBAL_EFLAGS_FIRST_FRAG;
-				else
-					buffer->element[element].eflags = 0;
-			else
-				buffer->element[element].eflags =
-				    SBAL_EFLAGS_MIDDLE_FRAG;
-		} else {
-			if (first_lap)
+		if (first_lap) {
+			if (length || skb_is_nonlinear(skb))
+				/* skb needs additional elements */
 				buffer->element[element].eflags =
-				    SBAL_EFLAGS_FIRST_FRAG;
+					SBAL_EFLAGS_FIRST_FRAG;
 			else
-				buffer->element[element].eflags =
-				    SBAL_EFLAGS_MIDDLE_FRAG;
+				buffer->element[element].eflags = 0;
+		} else {
+			buffer->element[element].eflags =
+				SBAL_EFLAGS_MIDDLE_FRAG;
 		}
 		data += length_here;
 		element++;