diff --git a/net/llc/llc_conn.c b/net/llc/llc_conn.c
index eba812a..5715486 100644
--- a/net/llc/llc_conn.c
+++ b/net/llc/llc_conn.c
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@
 
 	if (!ev->ind_prim && !ev->cfm_prim) {
 		/* indicate or confirm not required */
-		if (!skb->list)
+		/* XXX this is not very pretty, perhaps we should store
+		 * XXX indicate/confirm-needed state in the llc_conn_state_ev
+		 * XXX control block of the SKB instead? -DaveM
+		 */
+		if (!skb->next)
 			goto out_kfree_skb;
 		goto out_skb_put;
 	}