diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c
index d9b9170ed2fc..71068d7d930d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c
@@ -848,7 +848,8 @@ static irqreturn_t bcm_sysport_wol_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-static int bcm_sysport_insert_tsb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+static struct sk_buff *bcm_sysport_insert_tsb(struct sk_buff *skb,
+					      struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *nskb;
 	struct bcm_tsb *tsb;
@@ -864,7 +865,7 @@ static int bcm_sysport_insert_tsb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		if (!nskb) {
 			dev->stats.tx_errors++;
 			dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
-			return -ENOMEM;
+			return NULL;
 		}
 		skb = nskb;
 	}
@@ -883,7 +884,7 @@ static int bcm_sysport_insert_tsb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 			ip_proto = ipv6_hdr(skb)->nexthdr;
 			break;
 		default:
-			return 0;
+			return skb;
 		}
 
 		/* Get the checksum offset and the L4 (transport) offset */
@@ -902,7 +903,7 @@ static int bcm_sysport_insert_tsb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		tsb->l4_ptr_dest_map = csum_info;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return skb;
 }
 
 static netdev_tx_t bcm_sysport_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -936,8 +937,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t bcm_sysport_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	/* Insert TSB and checksum infos */
 	if (priv->tsb_en) {
-		ret = bcm_sysport_insert_tsb(skb, dev);
-		if (ret) {
+		skb = bcm_sysport_insert_tsb(skb, dev);
+		if (!skb) {
 			ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
 			goto out;
 		}