diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c
index 0b17b40d7a4fa2653caf21406c4a6b3b45d868b0..190de9a90f7387c5070c7f589aa18bb7d05ac5d7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c
@@ -2203,13 +2203,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *smsc75xx_tx_fixup(struct usbnet *dev,
 {
 	u32 tx_cmd_a, tx_cmd_b;
 
-	if (skb_headroom(skb) < SMSC75XX_TX_OVERHEAD) {
-		struct sk_buff *skb2 =
-			skb_copy_expand(skb, SMSC75XX_TX_OVERHEAD, 0, flags);
+	if (skb_cow_head(skb, SMSC75XX_TX_OVERHEAD)) {
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
-		skb = skb2;
-		if (!skb)
-			return NULL;
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	tx_cmd_a = (u32)(skb->len & TX_CMD_A_LEN) | TX_CMD_A_FCS;