diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index f777e17d28c8..8f032bae60ad 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -179,12 +179,13 @@ __be16 eth_type_trans(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	 * variants has been configured on the receiving interface,
 	 * and if so, set skb->protocol without looking at the packet.
 	 */
-	if (netdev_uses_dsa_tags(dev))
+	if (unlikely(netdev_uses_dsa_tags(dev)))
 		return htons(ETH_P_DSA);
-	if (netdev_uses_trailer_tags(dev))
+
+	if (unlikely(netdev_uses_trailer_tags(dev)))
 		return htons(ETH_P_TRAILER);
 
-	if (ntohs(eth->h_proto) >= ETH_P_802_3_MIN)
+	if (likely(ntohs(eth->h_proto) >= ETH_P_802_3_MIN))
 		return eth->h_proto;
 
 	/*
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ __be16 eth_type_trans(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	 *      layer. We look for FFFF which isn't a used 802.2 SSAP/DSAP. This
 	 *      won't work for fault tolerant netware but does for the rest.
 	 */
-	if (skb->len >= 2 && *(unsigned short *)(skb->data) == 0xFFFF)
+	if (unlikely(skb->len >= 2 && *(unsigned short *)(skb->data) == 0xFFFF))
 		return htons(ETH_P_802_3);
 
 	/*