diff --git a/net/dsa/tag_gswip.c b/net/dsa/tag_gswip.c
index 408d4af390a0ee8bfd369790ca3428db7a79b156..2f5bd5e338ab5c908984690833e3d7fb100d2318 100644
--- a/net/dsa/tag_gswip.c
+++ b/net/dsa/tag_gswip.c
@@ -60,13 +60,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *gswip_tag_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				      struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct dsa_port *dp = dsa_slave_to_port(dev);
-	int err;
 	u8 *gswip_tag;
 
-	err = skb_cow_head(skb, GSWIP_TX_HEADER_LEN);
-	if (err)
-		return NULL;
-
 	skb_push(skb, GSWIP_TX_HEADER_LEN);
 
 	gswip_tag = skb->data;