diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index a9da6f94e2fd5e2a5c9eaabed0f89246145bcf56..36c80612e21a3ebe6ee52447e9075dc4022f005e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -913,24 +913,14 @@ static int be_ipv6_tx_stall_chk(struct be_adapter *adapter,
 	return BE3_chip(adapter) && be_ipv6_exthdr_check(skb);
 }
 
-static struct sk_buff *be_xmit_workarounds(struct be_adapter *adapter,
-					   struct sk_buff *skb,
-					   bool *skip_hw_vlan)
+static struct sk_buff *be_lancer_xmit_workarounds(struct be_adapter *adapter,
+						  struct sk_buff *skb,
+						  bool *skip_hw_vlan)
 {
 	struct vlan_ethhdr *veh = (struct vlan_ethhdr *)skb->data;
 	unsigned int eth_hdr_len;
 	struct iphdr *ip;
 
-	/* Lancer, SH-R ASICs have a bug wherein Packets that are 32 bytes or less
-	 * may cause a transmit stall on that port. So the work-around is to
-	 * pad short packets (<= 32 bytes) to a 36-byte length.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(!BEx_chip(adapter) && skb->len <= 32)) {
-		if (skb_padto(skb, 36))
-			goto err;
-		skb->len = 36;
-	}
-
 	/* For padded packets, BE HW modifies tot_len field in IP header
 	 * incorrecly when VLAN tag is inserted by HW.
 	 * For padded packets, Lancer computes incorrect checksum.
@@ -991,6 +981,29 @@ static struct sk_buff *be_xmit_workarounds(struct be_adapter *adapter,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static struct sk_buff *be_xmit_workarounds(struct be_adapter *adapter,
+					   struct sk_buff *skb,
+					   bool *skip_hw_vlan)
+{
+	/* Lancer, SH-R ASICs have a bug wherein Packets that are 32 bytes or
+	 * less may cause a transmit stall on that port. So the work-around is
+	 * to pad short packets (<= 32 bytes) to a 36-byte length.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(!BEx_chip(adapter) && skb->len <= 32)) {
+		if (skb_padto(skb, 36))
+			return NULL;
+		skb->len = 36;
+	}
+
+	if (BEx_chip(adapter) || lancer_chip(adapter)) {
+		skb = be_lancer_xmit_workarounds(adapter, skb, skip_hw_vlan);
+		if (!skb)
+			return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return skb;
+}
+
 static netdev_tx_t be_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct be_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);