diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c
index 25d1eb4933d0..7e8cf213fd81 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c
@@ -1012,6 +1012,18 @@ static netdev_tx_t bcm_sysport_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/* The Ethernet switch we are interfaced with needs packets to be at
+	 * least 64 bytes (including FCS) otherwise they will be discarded when
+	 * they enter the switch port logic. When Broadcom tags are enabled, we
+	 * need to make sure that packets are at least 68 bytes
+	 * (including FCS and tag) because the length verification is done after
+	 * the Broadcom tag is stripped off the ingress packet.
+	 */
+	if (skb_put_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN + ENET_BRCM_TAG_LEN)) {
+		ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	/* Insert TSB and checksum infos */
 	if (priv->tsb_en) {
 		skb = bcm_sysport_insert_tsb(skb, dev);
@@ -1021,20 +1033,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t bcm_sysport_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* The Ethernet switch we are interfaced with needs packets to be at
-	 * least 64 bytes (including FCS) otherwise they will be discarded when
-	 * they enter the switch port logic. When Broadcom tags are enabled, we
-	 * need to make sure that packets are at least 68 bytes
-	 * (including FCS and tag) because the length verification is done after
-	 * the Broadcom tag is stripped off the ingress packet.
-	 */
-	if (skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN + ENET_BRCM_TAG_LEN)) {
-		ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	skb_len = skb->len < ETH_ZLEN + ENET_BRCM_TAG_LEN ?
-			ETH_ZLEN + ENET_BRCM_TAG_LEN : skb->len;
+	skb_len = skb->len;
 
 	mapping = dma_map_single(kdev, skb->data, skb_len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 	if (dma_mapping_error(kdev, mapping)) {