The "skb" pointer is NULL on this error path so we can't dereference it. Use "dev" instead. Fixes: 14ee70ca89e6 ("vrf: use skb_expand_head in vrf_finish_output") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/vrf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/vrf.c b/drivers/net/vrf.c index 726adf07ef31..662e26117353 100644 --- a/drivers/net/vrf.c +++ b/drivers/net/vrf.c @@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ static int vrf_finish_output(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *s if (unlikely(skb_headroom(skb) < hh_len && dev->header_ops)) { skb = skb_expand_head(skb, hh_len); if (!skb) { - skb->dev->stats.tx_errors++; + dev->stats.tx_errors++; return -ENOMEM; } } -- 2.20.1