diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index b04f738..27f33f2 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -386,8 +386,14 @@
 					    !vlan_hw_offload_capable(netif_skb_features(skb),
 								     skb->vlan_proto)) {
 						skb = __vlan_put_tag(skb, skb->vlan_proto, vlan_tx_tag_get(skb));
-						if (unlikely(!skb))
-							break;
+						if (unlikely(!skb)) {
+							/* This is actually a packet drop, but we
+							 * don't want the code at the end of this
+							 * function to try and re-queue a NULL skb.
+							 */
+							status = NETDEV_TX_OK;
+							goto unlock_txq;
+						}
 						skb->vlan_tci = 0;
 					}
 
@@ -395,6 +401,7 @@
 					if (status == NETDEV_TX_OK)
 						txq_trans_update(txq);
 				}
+			unlock_txq:
 				__netif_tx_unlock(txq);
 
 				if (status == NETDEV_TX_OK)