diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index 2b8bced0cf64f7f95f50e860ad9d9d38a5d70683..fb8cef6191422868eba824a51b8768676b475b48 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -3585,8 +3585,7 @@ e1000_clean_rx_irq(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
 				buffer_info->skb = skb;
 				goto next_desc;
 			}
-		} else
-			skb_put(skb, length);
+		}
 
 		/* code added for copybreak, this should improve
 		 * performance for small packets with large amounts