diff --git a/net/dsa/tag_qca.c b/net/dsa/tag_qca.c
index af3a12a36d88..f268c5c3eedb 100644
--- a/net/dsa/tag_qca.c
+++ b/net/dsa/tag_qca.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *qca_tag_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	struct dsa_slave_priv *p = netdev_priv(dev);
 	u16 *phdr, hdr;
 
-	if (skb_cow_head(skb, 0) < 0)
+	if (skb_cow_head(skb, QCA_HDR_LEN) < 0)
 		return NULL;
 
 	skb_push(skb, QCA_HDR_LEN);