diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7a680680807b..a3010ede3a9a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 983b7dc07f083d7d78f408a6f841b399b954767d
+refs/heads/master: 23de559b8d3537f972f325e7e015c18aa2e4d987
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c b/trunk/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c
index a67638601477..ac200b0f6a92 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c
@@ -489,6 +489,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *dm9601_tx_fixup(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	   b3..n: packet data
 	*/
 
+	len = skb->len;
+
 	if (skb_headroom(skb) < DM_TX_OVERHEAD) {
 		struct sk_buff *skb2;
 
@@ -501,10 +503,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *dm9601_tx_fixup(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	__skb_push(skb, DM_TX_OVERHEAD);
 
-	len = skb->len;
 	/* usbnet adds padding if length is a multiple of packet size
 	   if so, adjust length value in header */
-	if ((len % dev->maxpacket) == 0)
+	if ((skb->len % dev->maxpacket) == 0)
 		len++;
 
 	skb->data[0] = len;