diff --git a/net/atm/pppoatm.c b/net/atm/pppoatm.c
index 6da52d12df68..5214786e61d1 100644
--- a/net/atm/pppoatm.c
+++ b/net/atm/pppoatm.c
@@ -292,10 +292,13 @@ static int pppoatm_send(struct ppp_channel *chan, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct atm_vcc *vcc;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, 1)) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		return DROP_PACKET;
+	}
+
 	ATM_SKB(skb)->vcc = pvcc->atmvcc;
 	pr_debug("(skb=0x%p, vcc=0x%p)\n", skb, pvcc->atmvcc);
-	if (skb->data[0] == '\0' && (pvcc->flags & SC_COMP_PROT))
-		(void) skb_pull(skb, 1);
 
 	vcc = ATM_SKB(skb)->vcc;
 	bh_lock_sock(sk_atm(vcc));
@@ -317,23 +320,13 @@ static int pppoatm_send(struct ppp_channel *chan, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	switch (pvcc->encaps) {		/* LLC encapsulation needed */
 	case e_llc:
-		if (skb_headroom(skb) < LLC_LEN) {
-			struct sk_buff *n;
-			n = skb_realloc_headroom(skb, LLC_LEN);
-			if (n != NULL &&
-			    !pppoatm_may_send(pvcc, n->truesize)) {
-				kfree_skb(n);
-				goto nospace;
-			}
-			consume_skb(skb);
-			skb = n;
-			if (skb == NULL) {
-				bh_unlock_sock(sk_atm(vcc));
-				return DROP_PACKET;
-			}
-		} else if (!pppoatm_may_send(pvcc, skb->truesize))
+		if (skb_cow_head(skb, LLC_LEN)) {
+			bh_unlock_sock(sk_atm(vcc));
+			kfree_skb(skb);
+			return DROP_PACKET;
+		}
+		if (!pppoatm_may_send(pvcc, skb->truesize))
 			goto nospace;
-		memcpy(skb_push(skb, LLC_LEN), pppllc, LLC_LEN);
 		break;
 	case e_vc:
 		if (!pppoatm_may_send(pvcc, skb->truesize))
@@ -346,6 +339,12 @@ static int pppoatm_send(struct ppp_channel *chan, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	if (skb->data[0] == '\0' && (pvcc->flags & SC_COMP_PROT))
+		skb_pull(skb, 1);
+
+	if (pvcc->encaps == e_llc)
+		memcpy(skb_push(skb, LLC_LEN), pppllc, LLC_LEN);
+
 	atm_account_tx(vcc, skb);
 	pr_debug("atm_skb(%p)->vcc(%p)->dev(%p)\n",
 		 skb, ATM_SKB(skb)->vcc, ATM_SKB(skb)->vcc->dev);
@@ -355,13 +354,6 @@ static int pppoatm_send(struct ppp_channel *chan, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return ret;
 nospace:
 	bh_unlock_sock(sk_atm(vcc));
-	/*
-	 * We don't have space to send this SKB now, but we might have
-	 * already applied SC_COMP_PROT compression, so may need to undo
-	 */
-	if ((pvcc->flags & SC_COMP_PROT) && skb_headroom(skb) > 0 &&
-	    skb->data[-1] == '\0')
-		(void) skb_push(skb, 1);
 	return 0;
 }