diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 733980fce8e30d6ddd2b442d407a3fac877a759a..41c891d05f0434058a25bb45b069880027609401 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -392,4 +392,16 @@ static inline unsigned long compare_ether_header(const void *a, const void *b)
 #endif
 }
 
+/**
+ * eth_skb_pad - Pad buffer to mininum number of octets for Ethernet frame
+ * @skb: Buffer to pad
+ *
+ * An Ethernet frame should have a minimum size of 60 bytes.  This function
+ * takes short frames and pads them with zeros up to the 60 byte limit.
+ */
+static inline int eth_skb_pad(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return skb_put_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN);
+}
+
 #endif	/* _LINUX_ETHERDEVICE_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 7691ad5b47714263e356f2c2c05a7eb006e6c6c4..d1e2575000b9d171c0dd5bd4eebf4b6ae25ed7a6 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -2461,7 +2461,6 @@ static inline int skb_cow_head(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int headroom)
  *	is untouched. Otherwise it is extended. Returns zero on
  *	success. The skb is freed on error.
  */
- 
 static inline int skb_padto(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
 {
 	unsigned int size = skb->len;
@@ -2470,6 +2469,29 @@ static inline int skb_padto(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
 	return skb_pad(skb, len - size);
 }
 
+/**
+ *	skb_put_padto - increase size and pad an skbuff up to a minimal size
+ *	@skb: buffer to pad
+ *	@len: minimal length
+ *
+ *	Pads up a buffer to ensure the trailing bytes exist and are
+ *	blanked. If the buffer already contains sufficient data it
+ *	is untouched. Otherwise it is extended. Returns zero on
+ *	success. The skb is freed on error.
+ */
+static inline int skb_put_padto(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
+{
+	unsigned int size = skb->len;
+
+	if (unlikely(size < len)) {
+		len -= size;
+		if (skb_pad(skb, len))
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		__skb_put(skb, len);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline int skb_add_data(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			       char __user *from, int copy)
 {