diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 4671da7..dd10d58 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -542,17 +542,19 @@
 	}
 	// else network stack removes extra byte if we forced a short packet
 
-	if (skb->len) {
-		/* all data was already cloned from skb inside the driver */
-		if (dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_MULTI_PACKET)
-			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
-		else
-			usbnet_skb_return(dev, skb);
+	/* all data was already cloned from skb inside the driver */
+	if (dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_MULTI_PACKET)
+		goto done;
+
+	if (skb->len < ETH_HLEN) {
+		dev->net->stats.rx_errors++;
+		dev->net->stats.rx_length_errors++;
+		netif_dbg(dev, rx_err, dev->net, "rx length %d\n", skb->len);
+	} else {
+		usbnet_skb_return(dev, skb);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	netif_dbg(dev, rx_err, dev->net, "drop\n");
-	dev->net->stats.rx_errors++;
 done:
 	skb_queue_tail(&dev->done, skb);
 }
@@ -574,13 +576,6 @@
 	switch (urb_status) {
 	/* success */
 	case 0:
-		if (skb->len < dev->net->hard_header_len) {
-			state = rx_cleanup;
-			dev->net->stats.rx_errors++;
-			dev->net->stats.rx_length_errors++;
-			netif_dbg(dev, rx_err, dev->net,
-				  "rx length %d\n", skb->len);
-		}
 		break;
 
 	/* stalls need manual reset. this is rare ... except that