if (skb->data_len && (hdr_len == (skb->len - skb->data_len)) &&
                        (adapter->hw.mac_type == e1000_82571 ||
                        adapter->hw.mac_type == e1000_82572)) {
+                       unsigned int pull_size;
+                       pull_size = min((unsigned int)4, skb->data_len);
+                       if (!__pskb_pull_tail(skb, pull_size)) {
+                               printk(KERN_ERR "__pskb_pull_tail failed.\n");
+                               dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+                               return -EFAULT;
+                       }
                        len = skb->len - skb->data_len;
                }
        }
        if(adapter->pcix_82544)
                count += nr_frags;
 
-               unsigned int pull_size;
-               pull_size = min((unsigned int)4, skb->data_len);
-               if (!__pskb_pull_tail(skb, pull_size)) {
-                       printk(KERN_ERR "__pskb_pull_tail failed.\n");
-                       dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
-                       return -EFAULT;
-               }
-
        if(adapter->hw.tx_pkt_filtering && (adapter->hw.mac_type == e1000_82573) )
                e1000_transfer_dhcp_info(adapter, skb);