diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
index f47db1cc766..a1632a99538 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
@@ -807,30 +807,25 @@ vmxnet3_parse_and_copy_hdr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct vmxnet3_tx_queue *tq,
 				   skb_transport_header(skb))->doff * 4;
 		ctx->copy_size = ctx->eth_ip_hdr_size + ctx->l4_hdr_size;
 	} else {
-		unsigned int pull_size;
-
 		if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
 			ctx->eth_ip_hdr_size = skb_checksum_start_offset(skb);
 
 			if (ctx->ipv4) {
 				struct iphdr *iph = (struct iphdr *)
 						    skb_network_header(skb);
-				if (iph->protocol == IPPROTO_TCP) {
-					pull_size = ctx->eth_ip_hdr_size +
-						    sizeof(struct tcphdr);
-
-					if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb,
-								pull_size))) {
-						goto err;
-					}
+				if (iph->protocol == IPPROTO_TCP)
 					ctx->l4_hdr_size = ((struct tcphdr *)
 					   skb_transport_header(skb))->doff * 4;
-				} else if (iph->protocol == IPPROTO_UDP) {
+				else if (iph->protocol == IPPROTO_UDP)
+					/*
+					 * Use tcp header size so that bytes to
+					 * be copied are more than required by
+					 * the device.
+					 */
 					ctx->l4_hdr_size =
-							sizeof(struct udphdr);
-				} else {
+							sizeof(struct tcphdr);
+				else
 					ctx->l4_hdr_size = 0;
-				}
 			} else {
 				/* for simplicity, don't copy L4 headers */
 				ctx->l4_hdr_size = 0;