diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
index 7ccf890ee735..001850d578e8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
@@ -1742,11 +1742,8 @@ static int e100_xmit_prepare(struct nic *nic, struct cb *cb,
 	dma_addr = dma_map_single(&nic->pdev->dev, skb->data, skb->len,
 				  DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 	/* If we can't map the skb, have the upper layer try later */
-	if (dma_mapping_error(&nic->pdev->dev, dma_addr)) {
-		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
-		skb = NULL;
+	if (dma_mapping_error(&nic->pdev->dev, dma_addr))
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Use the last 4 bytes of the SKB payload packet as the CRC, used for