diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x_usb.c b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x_usb.c
index 444ebed7313a..3903f681ef6c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x_usb.c
@@ -3574,6 +3574,8 @@ static void hfa384x_int_rxmonitor(wlandevice_t *wlandev,
 	     WLAN_HDR_A4_LEN + WLAN_DATA_MAXLEN + WLAN_CRC_LEN)) {
 		pr_debug("overlen frm: len=%zd\n",
 			 skblen - sizeof(struct p80211_caphdr));
+
+		return;
 	}
 
 	skb = dev_alloc_skb(skblen);