diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index d3fbad422e0e..dfc6d8a3caa7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
@@ -642,13 +642,13 @@ void ip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 
 	max_headroom = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(rt->dst.dev) + sizeof(struct iphdr)
 			+ rt->dst.header_len;
-	if (max_headroom > dev->needed_headroom) {
+	if (max_headroom > dev->needed_headroom)
 		dev->needed_headroom = max_headroom;
-		if (skb_cow_head(skb, dev->needed_headroom)) {
-			dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
-			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
-			return;
-		}
+
+	if (skb_cow_head(skb, dev->needed_headroom)) {
+		dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
+		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+		return;
 	}
 
 	err = iptunnel_xmit(rt, skb, fl4.saddr, fl4.daddr, protocol,