diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 6880f34a529a..9cfe2e1dd8b5 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -2517,7 +2517,7 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	err = -EINVAL;
 	if (sock->type == SOCK_DGRAM) {
 		offset = dev_hard_header(skb, dev, ntohs(proto), addr, NULL, len);
-		if (unlikely(offset) < 0)
+		if (unlikely(offset < 0))
 			goto out_free;
 	} else {
 		if (ll_header_truncated(dev, len))