diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
index 3a44dad87602d1fd02e87c93263455764fe0f5f1..4dfdbca542964b743453b8671098ac2ca042fa6d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
@@ -416,38 +416,36 @@ static netdev_tx_t pvc_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct pvc_device *pvc = dev->ml_priv;
 
-	if (pvc->state.active) {
-		if (dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER) {
-			int pad = ETH_ZLEN - skb->len;
-			if (pad > 0) { /* Pad the frame with zeros */
-				int len = skb->len;
-				if (skb_tailroom(skb) < pad)
-					if (pskb_expand_head(skb, 0, pad,
-							     GFP_ATOMIC)) {
-						dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
-						dev_kfree_skb(skb);
-						return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-					}
-				skb_put(skb, pad);
-				memset(skb->data + len, 0, pad);
-			}
-		}
-		skb->dev = dev;
-		if (!fr_hard_header(&skb, pvc->dlci)) {
-			dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
-			dev->stats.tx_packets++;
-			if (pvc->state.fecn) /* TX Congestion counter */
-				dev->stats.tx_compressed++;
-			skb->dev = pvc->frad;
-			skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_HDLC);
-			skb_reset_network_header(skb);
-			dev_queue_xmit(skb);
-			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+	if (!pvc->state.active)
+		goto drop;
+
+	if (dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER) {
+		int pad = ETH_ZLEN - skb->len;
+
+		if (pad > 0) { /* Pad the frame with zeros */
+			if (__skb_pad(skb, pad, false))
+				goto drop;
+			skb_put(skb, pad);
 		}
 	}
 
+	skb->dev = dev;
+	if (fr_hard_header(&skb, pvc->dlci))
+		goto drop;
+
+	dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
+	dev->stats.tx_packets++;
+	if (pvc->state.fecn) /* TX Congestion counter */
+		dev->stats.tx_compressed++;
+	skb->dev = pvc->frad;
+	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_HDLC);
+	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
+	dev_queue_xmit(skb);
+	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+
+drop:
 	dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
-	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+	kfree_skb(skb);
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }