diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
index 78219a9943a7..d948b582f4c9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
@@ -1752,7 +1752,6 @@ static int macb_pad_and_fcs(struct sk_buff **skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 	bool cloned = skb_cloned(*skb) || skb_header_cloned(*skb) ||
 		      skb_is_nonlinear(*skb);
 	int padlen = ETH_ZLEN - (*skb)->len;
-	int headroom = skb_headroom(*skb);
 	int tailroom = skb_tailroom(*skb);
 	struct sk_buff *nskb;
 	u32 fcs;
@@ -1766,9 +1765,6 @@ static int macb_pad_and_fcs(struct sk_buff **skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 		/* FCS could be appeded to tailroom. */
 		if (tailroom >= ETH_FCS_LEN)
 			goto add_fcs;
-		/* FCS could be appeded by moving data to headroom. */
-		else if (!cloned && headroom + tailroom >= ETH_FCS_LEN)
-			padlen = 0;
 		/* No room for FCS, need to reallocate skb. */
 		else
 			padlen = ETH_FCS_LEN;
@@ -1777,10 +1773,7 @@ static int macb_pad_and_fcs(struct sk_buff **skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 		padlen += ETH_FCS_LEN;
 	}
 
-	if (!cloned && headroom + tailroom >= padlen) {
-		(*skb)->data = memmove((*skb)->head, (*skb)->data, (*skb)->len);
-		skb_set_tail_pointer(*skb, (*skb)->len);
-	} else {
+	if (cloned || tailroom < padlen) {
 		nskb = skb_copy_expand(*skb, 0, padlen, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!nskb)
 			return -ENOMEM;