diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index 5b7d0f425af21a76966230ebdb97815bee869d21..4c4db96d0b7bd7b74064af24f59730d0f56d68b4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -2917,7 +2917,7 @@ e1000_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 			if (!__pskb_pull_tail(skb, pull_size)) {
 				printk(KERN_ERR "__pskb_pull_tail failed.\n");
 				dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
-				return -EFAULT;
+				return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 			}
 			len = skb->len - skb->data_len;
 		}