diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index e0ab7673afe7..9461ad8d837b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -1017,9 +1017,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *be_xmit_workarounds(struct be_adapter *adapter,
 	 * to pad short packets (<= 32 bytes) to a 36-byte length.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(!BEx_chip(adapter) && skb->len <= 32)) {
-		if (skb_padto(skb, 36))
+		if (skb_put_padto(skb, 36))
 			return NULL;
-		skb->len = 36;
 	}
 
 	if (BEx_chip(adapter) || lancer_chip(adapter)) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
index 24f3986cfae2..862d1989ae1c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -3136,12 +3136,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t e1000_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	 * packets may get corrupted during padding by HW.
 	 * To WA this issue, pad all small packets manually.
 	 */
-	if (skb->len < ETH_ZLEN) {
-		if (skb_pad(skb, ETH_ZLEN - skb->len))
-			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-		skb->len = ETH_ZLEN;
-		skb_set_tail_pointer(skb, ETH_ZLEN);
-	}
+	if (eth_skb_pad(skb))
+		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 	mss = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size;
 	/* The controller does a simple calculation to
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
index 370cfa275ddb..88936aa0029d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -5554,12 +5554,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t e1000_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	/* The minimum packet size with TCTL.PSP set is 17 bytes so
 	 * pad skb in order to meet this minimum size requirement
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(skb->len < 17)) {
-		if (skb_pad(skb, 17 - skb->len))
-			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-		skb->len = 17;
-		skb_set_tail_pointer(skb, 17);
-	}
+	if (skb_put_padto(skb, 17))
+		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 	mss = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size;
 	if (mss) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c
index 73457ede53ec..91516aed373e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c
@@ -578,14 +578,9 @@ static bool fm10k_cleanup_headers(struct fm10k_ring *rx_ring,
 	if (skb_is_nonlinear(skb))
 		fm10k_pull_tail(rx_ring, rx_desc, skb);
 
-	/* if skb_pad returns an error the skb was freed */
-	if (unlikely(skb->len < 60)) {
-		int pad_len = 60 - skb->len;
-
-		if (skb_pad(skb, pad_len))
-			return true;
-		__skb_put(skb, pad_len);
-	}
+	/* if eth_skb_pad returns an error the skb was freed */
+	if (eth_skb_pad(skb))
+		return true;
 
 	return false;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index 3195d82e4942..04b441460bbd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -2399,12 +2399,8 @@ netdev_tx_t i40e_lan_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	/* hardware can't handle really short frames, hardware padding works
 	 * beyond this point
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(skb->len < I40E_MIN_TX_LEN)) {
-		if (skb_pad(skb, I40E_MIN_TX_LEN - skb->len))
-			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-		skb->len = I40E_MIN_TX_LEN;
-		skb_set_tail_pointer(skb, I40E_MIN_TX_LEN);
-	}
+	if (skb_put_padto(skb, I40E_MIN_TX_LEN))
+		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 	return i40e_xmit_frame_ring(skb, tx_ring);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index 3c0221620c9d..f04ad13f7159 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -5091,12 +5091,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t igb_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	/* The minimum packet size with TCTL.PSP set is 17 so pad the skb
 	 * in order to meet this minimum size requirement.
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(skb->len < 17)) {
-		if (skb_pad(skb, 17 - skb->len))
-			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-		skb->len = 17;
-		skb_set_tail_pointer(skb, 17);
-	}
+	if (skb_put_padto(skb, 17))
+		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 	return igb_xmit_frame_ring(skb, igb_tx_queue_mapping(adapter, skb));
 }
@@ -6850,14 +6846,9 @@ static bool igb_cleanup_headers(struct igb_ring *rx_ring,
 	if (skb_is_nonlinear(skb))
 		igb_pull_tail(rx_ring, rx_desc, skb);
 
-	/* if skb_pad returns an error the skb was freed */
-	if (unlikely(skb->len < 60)) {
-		int pad_len = 60 - skb->len;
-
-		if (skb_pad(skb, pad_len))
-			return true;
-		__skb_put(skb, pad_len);
-	}
+	/* if eth_skb_pad returns an error the skb was freed */
+	if (eth_skb_pad(skb))
+		return true;
 
 	return false;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 82d418729dd4..fbd52924ee34 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -1774,14 +1774,9 @@ static bool ixgbe_cleanup_headers(struct ixgbe_ring *rx_ring,
 		return false;
 
 #endif
-	/* if skb_pad returns an error the skb was freed */
-	if (unlikely(skb->len < 60)) {
-		int pad_len = 60 - skb->len;
-
-		if (skb_pad(skb, pad_len))
-			return true;
-		__skb_put(skb, pad_len);
-	}
+	/* if eth_skb_pad returns an error the skb was freed */
+	if (eth_skb_pad(skb))
+		return true;
 
 	return false;
 }
@@ -7334,12 +7329,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t __ixgbe_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	 * The minimum packet size for olinfo paylen is 17 so pad the skb
 	 * in order to meet this minimum size requirement.
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(skb->len < 17)) {
-		if (skb_pad(skb, 17 - skb->len))
-			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-		skb->len = 17;
-		skb_set_tail_pointer(skb, 17);
-	}
+	if (skb_put_padto(skb, 17))
+		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 	tx_ring = ring ? ring : adapter->tx_ring[skb->queue_mapping];
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 3b0ddf757fb6..62a0d8e0f17d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -616,14 +616,9 @@ static bool ixgbevf_cleanup_headers(struct ixgbevf_ring *rx_ring,
 	if (skb_is_nonlinear(skb))
 		ixgbevf_pull_tail(rx_ring, skb);
 
-	/* if skb_pad returns an error the skb was freed */
-	if (unlikely(skb->len < 60)) {
-		int pad_len = 60 - skb->len;
-
-		if (skb_pad(skb, pad_len))
-			return true;
-		__skb_put(skb, pad_len);
-	}
+	/* if eth_skb_pad returns an error the skb was freed */
+	if (eth_skb_pad(skb))
+		return true;
 
 	return false;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
index 9e7e3f1dce3e..af099057f0e9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
@@ -2913,16 +2913,11 @@ again:
 		flags |= MXGEFW_FLAGS_SMALL;
 
 		/* pad frames to at least ETH_ZLEN bytes */
-		if (unlikely(skb->len < ETH_ZLEN)) {
-			if (skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN)) {
-				/* The packet is gone, so we must
-				 * return 0 */
-				ss->stats.tx_dropped += 1;
-				return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-			}
-			/* adjust the len to account for the zero pad
-			 * so that the nic can know how long it is */
-			skb->len = ETH_ZLEN;
+		if (eth_skb_pad(skb)) {
+			/* The packet is gone, so we must
+			 * return 0 */
+			ss->stats.tx_dropped += 1;
+			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
index 56280c1fc0ed..b9c2f33b463d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
@@ -6836,14 +6836,6 @@ err_out:
 	return -EIO;
 }
 
-static bool rtl_skb_pad(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	if (skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN))
-		return false;
-	skb_put(skb, ETH_ZLEN - skb->len);
-	return true;
-}
-
 static bool rtl_test_hw_pad_bug(struct rtl8169_private *tp, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	return skb->len < ETH_ZLEN && tp->mac_version == RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_34;
@@ -6984,7 +6976,7 @@ static bool rtl8169_tso_csum_v2(struct rtl8169_private *tp,
 		u8 ip_protocol;
 
 		if (unlikely(rtl_test_hw_pad_bug(tp, skb)))
-			return skb_checksum_help(skb) == 0 && rtl_skb_pad(skb);
+			return !(skb_checksum_help(skb) || eth_skb_pad(skb));
 
 		if (transport_offset > TCPHO_MAX) {
 			netif_warn(tp, tx_err, tp->dev,
@@ -7019,7 +7011,7 @@ static bool rtl8169_tso_csum_v2(struct rtl8169_private *tp,
 		opts[1] |= transport_offset << TCPHO_SHIFT;
 	} else {
 		if (unlikely(rtl_test_hw_pad_bug(tp, skb)))
-			return rtl_skb_pad(skb);
+			return !eth_skb_pad(skb);
 	}
 
 	return true;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
index 904fd1ab5f6e..4aaa3240453a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
@@ -6651,13 +6651,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t niu_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
 	}
 
-	if (skb->len < ETH_ZLEN) {
-		unsigned int pad_bytes = ETH_ZLEN - skb->len;
-
-		if (skb_pad(skb, pad_bytes))
-			goto out;
-		skb_put(skb, pad_bytes);
-	}
+	if (eth_skb_pad(skb))
+		goto out;
 
 	len = sizeof(struct tx_pkt_hdr) + 15;
 	if (skb_headroom(skb) < len) {
diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 733980fce8e3..41c891d05f04 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -392,4 +392,16 @@ static inline unsigned long compare_ether_header(const void *a, const void *b)
 #endif
 }
 
+/**
+ * eth_skb_pad - Pad buffer to mininum number of octets for Ethernet frame
+ * @skb: Buffer to pad
+ *
+ * An Ethernet frame should have a minimum size of 60 bytes.  This function
+ * takes short frames and pads them with zeros up to the 60 byte limit.
+ */
+static inline int eth_skb_pad(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return skb_put_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN);
+}
+
 #endif	/* _LINUX_ETHERDEVICE_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 7691ad5b4771..d1e2575000b9 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -2461,7 +2461,6 @@ static inline int skb_cow_head(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int headroom)
  *	is untouched. Otherwise it is extended. Returns zero on
  *	success. The skb is freed on error.
  */
- 
 static inline int skb_padto(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
 {
 	unsigned int size = skb->len;
@@ -2470,6 +2469,29 @@ static inline int skb_padto(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
 	return skb_pad(skb, len - size);
 }
 
+/**
+ *	skb_put_padto - increase size and pad an skbuff up to a minimal size
+ *	@skb: buffer to pad
+ *	@len: minimal length
+ *
+ *	Pads up a buffer to ensure the trailing bytes exist and are
+ *	blanked. If the buffer already contains sufficient data it
+ *	is untouched. Otherwise it is extended. Returns zero on
+ *	success. The skb is freed on error.
+ */
+static inline int skb_put_padto(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
+{
+	unsigned int size = skb->len;
+
+	if (unlikely(size < len)) {
+		len -= size;
+		if (skb_pad(skb, len))
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		__skb_put(skb, len);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline int skb_add_data(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			       char __user *from, int copy)
 {