diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index fafbec8b073e025bb987ce1bcf6f56f450aec9db..1d7f49c6f0ca0a5821ad9fc0b04fbce85ebf91c5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -2511,6 +2511,7 @@ struct sk_buff **tcp_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct sk_buff *p;
 	struct tcphdr *th;
 	struct tcphdr *th2;
+	unsigned int len;
 	unsigned int thlen;
 	unsigned int flags;
 	unsigned int mss = 1;
@@ -2531,6 +2532,7 @@ struct sk_buff **tcp_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	skb_gro_pull(skb, thlen);
 
+	len = skb_gro_len(skb);
 	flags = tcp_flag_word(th);
 
 	for (; (p = *head); head = &p->next) {
@@ -2561,7 +2563,7 @@ struct sk_buff **tcp_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	mss = skb_shinfo(p)->gso_size;
 
-	flush |= (skb_gro_len(skb) > mss) | !skb_gro_len(skb);
+	flush |= (len > mss) | !len;
 	flush |= (ntohl(th2->seq) + skb_gro_len(p)) ^ ntohl(th->seq);
 
 	if (flush || skb_gro_receive(head, skb)) {
@@ -2574,7 +2576,7 @@ struct sk_buff **tcp_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	tcp_flag_word(th2) |= flags & (TCP_FLAG_FIN | TCP_FLAG_PSH);
 
 out_check_final:
-	flush = skb_gro_len(skb) < mss;
+	flush = len < mss;
 	flush |= flags & (TCP_FLAG_URG | TCP_FLAG_PSH | TCP_FLAG_RST |
 			  TCP_FLAG_SYN | TCP_FLAG_FIN);