diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/en_tx.c
index c0177c364bbf4d9dc99780e7912979cdef5f11bd..e63132361a9454509a3aec6e1344f54b3daaefa3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -614,10 +614,6 @@ int mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	int lso_header_size;
 	void *fragptr;
 
-	if (unlikely(!skb->len)) {
-		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
-		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-	}
 	real_size = get_real_size(skb, dev, &lso_header_size);
 	if (unlikely(!real_size))
 		goto tx_drop;