diff --git a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c
index 8ea500961871..7a5aabd01e05 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c
@@ -1534,7 +1534,7 @@ static inline int emac_rx_sg_append(struct emac_instance *dev, int slot)
 			dev_kfree_skb(dev->rx_sg_skb);
 			dev->rx_sg_skb = NULL;
 		} else {
-			cacheable_memcpy(dev->rx_sg_skb->tail,
+			cacheable_memcpy(skb_tail_pointer(dev->rx_sg_skb),
 					 dev->rx_skb[slot]->data, len);
 			skb_put(dev->rx_sg_skb, len);
 			emac_recycle_rx_skb(dev, slot, len);