diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c
index ff9f96de74b8..696ce3c5a8ba 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c
@@ -1642,8 +1642,11 @@ static int atl1e_tso_csum(struct atl1e_adapter *adapter,
 			real_len = (((unsigned char *)ip_hdr(skb) - skb->data)
 					+ ntohs(ip_hdr(skb)->tot_len));
 
-			if (real_len < skb->len)
-				pskb_trim(skb, real_len);
+			if (real_len < skb->len) {
+				err = pskb_trim(skb, real_len);
+				if (err)
+					return err;
+			}
 
 			hdr_len = (skb_transport_offset(skb) + tcp_hdrlen(skb));
 			if (unlikely(skb->len == hdr_len)) {