diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
index 6576243222af74f593419e6e338cdd9387b949af..4ae22fc059181c8b001403240982aae0ec018b3c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
@@ -2117,6 +2117,9 @@ static int sh_eth_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mdp->lock, flags);
 
+	if (skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN))
+		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+
 	entry = mdp->cur_tx % mdp->num_tx_ring;
 	mdp->tx_skbuff[entry] = skb;
 	txdesc = &mdp->tx_ring[entry];
@@ -2126,10 +2129,7 @@ static int sh_eth_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 				 skb->len + 2);
 	txdesc->addr = dma_map_single(&ndev->dev, skb->data, skb->len,
 				      DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-	if (skb->len < ETH_ZLEN)
-		txdesc->buffer_length = ETH_ZLEN;
-	else
-		txdesc->buffer_length = skb->len;
+	txdesc->buffer_length = skb->len;
 
 	if (entry >= mdp->num_tx_ring - 1)
 		txdesc->status |= cpu_to_edmac(mdp, TD_TACT | TD_TDLE);