diff --git a/drivers/staging/et131x/README b/drivers/staging/et131x/README
index 05555a3..47543cc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/et131x/README
+++ b/drivers/staging/et131x/README
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 TODO:
 	- Look at reducing the number of spinlocks
 	- Simplify code in nic_rx_pkts(), when determining multicast_pkts_rcvd
-	- In et131x_tx(), don't return NETDEV_TX_BUSY, just drop the packet with kfree_skb().
 	- Reduce the number of split lines by careful consideration of variable names etc.
 
 Please send patches to:
diff --git a/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x.c b/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x.c
index 0314920..c1ba51a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x.c
@@ -4212,7 +4212,6 @@
 /* et131x_tx - The handler to tx a packet on the device */
 static netdev_tx_t et131x_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 {
-	int status = 0;
 	struct et131x_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	struct tx_ring *tx_ring = &adapter->tx_ring;
 
@@ -4224,43 +4223,23 @@
 	netdev->trans_start = jiffies;
 
 	/* TCB is not available */
-	if (tx_ring->used >= NUM_TCB) {
-		/* NOTE: If there's an error on send, no need to queue the
-		 * packet under Linux; if we just send an error up to the
-		 * netif layer, it will resend the skb to us.
-		 */
-		status = -ENOMEM;
-	} else {
-		/* We need to see if the link is up; if it's not, make the
-		 * netif layer think we're good and drop the packet
-		 */
-		if ((adapter->flags & FMP_ADAPTER_FAIL_SEND_MASK) ||
-		    !netif_carrier_ok(netdev)) {
-			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
-			skb = NULL;
+	if (tx_ring->used >= NUM_TCB)
+		goto drop_err;
 
-			adapter->netdev->stats.tx_dropped++;
-		} else {
-			status = send_packet(skb, adapter);
-			if (status != 0 && status != -ENOMEM) {
-				/* On any other error, make netif think we're
-				 * OK and drop the packet
-				 */
-				dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
-				skb = NULL;
-				adapter->netdev->stats.tx_dropped++;
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	if ((adapter->flags & FMP_ADAPTER_FAIL_SEND_MASK) ||
+	    !netif_carrier_ok(netdev))
+		goto drop_err;
 
-	/* Check status and manage the netif queue if necessary */
-	if (status != 0) {
-		if (status == -ENOMEM)
-			status = NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
-		else
-			status = NETDEV_TX_OK;
-	}
-	return status;
+	if (send_packet(skb, adapter))
+		goto drop_err;
+
+	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+
+drop_err:
+	dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+	skb = NULL;
+	adapter->netdev->stats.tx_dropped++;
+	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
 
 /* et131x_tx_timeout - Timeout handler