diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
index bb3f71f9fbde06ef1a8d514dbb856c8aa7ff5130..b5cec1824a7875842abaead1a888494e282f1741 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
@@ -1088,6 +1088,7 @@ cdc_ncm_fill_tx_frame(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, __le32 sign)
 	u16 n = 0, index, ndplen;
 	u8 ready2send = 0;
 	u32 delayed_ndp_size;
+	size_t padding_count;
 
 	/* When our NDP gets written in cdc_ncm_ndp(), then skb_out->len gets updated
 	 * accordingly. Otherwise, we should check here.
@@ -1244,11 +1245,13 @@ cdc_ncm_fill_tx_frame(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, __le32 sign)
 	 * a ZLP after full sized NTBs.
 	 */
 	if (!(dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_SEND_ZLP) &&
-	    skb_out->len > ctx->min_tx_pkt)
-		memset(skb_put(skb_out, ctx->tx_max - skb_out->len), 0,
-		       ctx->tx_max - skb_out->len);
-	else if (skb_out->len < ctx->tx_max && (skb_out->len % dev->maxpacket) == 0)
+	    skb_out->len > ctx->min_tx_pkt) {
+		padding_count = ctx->tx_max - skb_out->len;
+		memset(skb_put(skb_out, padding_count), 0, padding_count);
+	} else if (skb_out->len < ctx->tx_max &&
+		   (skb_out->len % dev->maxpacket) == 0) {
 		*skb_put(skb_out, 1) = 0;	/* force short packet */
+	}
 
 	/* set final frame length */
 	nth16 = (struct usb_cdc_ncm_nth16 *)skb_out->data;