diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
index d6f64da..955df81 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
@@ -1118,6 +1118,10 @@
 	u16 hdr_off;
 	u32 *pkt_hdr;
 
+	/* This check is no longer done by usbnet */
+	if (skb->len < dev->net->hard_header_len)
+		return 0;
+
 	skb_trim(skb, skb->len - 4);
 	memcpy(&rx_hdr, skb_tail_pointer(skb), 4);
 	le32_to_cpus(&rx_hdr);
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/gl620a.c b/drivers/net/usb/gl620a.c
index e4a8a93..1cc24e6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/gl620a.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/gl620a.c
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@
 	u32			size;
 	u32			count;
 
+	/* This check is no longer done by usbnet */
+	if (skb->len < dev->net->hard_header_len)
+		return 0;
+
 	header = (struct gl_header *) skb->data;
 
 	// get the packet count of the received skb
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/mcs7830.c b/drivers/net/usb/mcs7830.c
index a305a7b..82d844a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/mcs7830.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/mcs7830.c
@@ -526,8 +526,9 @@
 {
 	u8 status;
 
-	if (skb->len == 0) {
-		dev_err(&dev->udev->dev, "unexpected empty rx frame\n");
+	/* This check is no longer done by usbnet */
+	if (skb->len < dev->net->hard_header_len) {
+		dev_err(&dev->udev->dev, "unexpected tiny rx frame\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/net1080.c b/drivers/net/usb/net1080.c
index 0a85d92..4cbdb13 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/net1080.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/net1080.c
@@ -364,6 +364,10 @@
 	struct nc_trailer	*trailer;
 	u16			hdr_len, packet_len;
 
+	/* This check is no longer done by usbnet */
+	if (skb->len < dev->net->hard_header_len)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!(skb->len & 0x01)) {
 		netdev_dbg(dev->net, "rx framesize %d range %d..%d mtu %d\n",
 			   skb->len, dev->net->hard_header_len, dev->hard_mtu,
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c b/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
index 1eddd43..313cb6c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@
 {
 	__be16 proto;
 
-	/* usbnet rx_complete guarantees that skb->len is at least
-	 * hard_header_len, so we can inspect the dest address without
-	 * checking skb->len
-	 */
+	/* This check is no longer done by usbnet */
+	if (skb->len < dev->net->hard_header_len)
+		return 0;
+
 	switch (skb->data[0] & 0xf0) {
 	case 0x40:
 		proto = htons(ETH_P_IP);
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/rndis_host.c b/drivers/net/usb/rndis_host.c
index a48bc0f..524a47a281 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/rndis_host.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/rndis_host.c
@@ -492,6 +492,10 @@
  */
 int rndis_rx_fixup(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	/* This check is no longer done by usbnet */
+	if (skb->len < dev->net->hard_header_len)
+		return 0;
+
 	/* peripheral may have batched packets to us... */
 	while (likely(skb->len)) {
 		struct rndis_data_hdr	*hdr = (void *)skb->data;
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c
index f17b9e0..d9e7892 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c
@@ -2106,6 +2106,10 @@
 
 static int smsc75xx_rx_fixup(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	/* This check is no longer done by usbnet */
+	if (skb->len < dev->net->hard_header_len)
+		return 0;
+
 	while (skb->len > 0) {
 		u32 rx_cmd_a, rx_cmd_b, align_count, size;
 		struct sk_buff *ax_skb;
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
index 8dd54a0..424db65e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
@@ -1723,6 +1723,10 @@
 
 static int smsc95xx_rx_fixup(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	/* This check is no longer done by usbnet */
+	if (skb->len < dev->net->hard_header_len)
+		return 0;
+
 	while (skb->len > 0) {
 		u32 header, align_count;
 		struct sk_buff *ax_skb;
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/sr9800.c b/drivers/net/usb/sr9800.c
index 8017108..b94a0fb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/sr9800.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/sr9800.c
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
 {
 	int offset = 0;
 
+	/* This check is no longer done by usbnet */
+	if (skb->len < dev->net->hard_header_len)
+		return 0;
+
 	while (offset + sizeof(u32) < skb->len) {
 		struct sk_buff *sr_skb;
 		u16 size;
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 4671da7..dd10d58 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -542,17 +542,19 @@
 	}
 	// else network stack removes extra byte if we forced a short packet
 
-	if (skb->len) {
-		/* all data was already cloned from skb inside the driver */
-		if (dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_MULTI_PACKET)
-			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
-		else
-			usbnet_skb_return(dev, skb);
+	/* all data was already cloned from skb inside the driver */
+	if (dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_MULTI_PACKET)
+		goto done;
+
+	if (skb->len < ETH_HLEN) {
+		dev->net->stats.rx_errors++;
+		dev->net->stats.rx_length_errors++;
+		netif_dbg(dev, rx_err, dev->net, "rx length %d\n", skb->len);
+	} else {
+		usbnet_skb_return(dev, skb);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	netif_dbg(dev, rx_err, dev->net, "drop\n");
-	dev->net->stats.rx_errors++;
 done:
 	skb_queue_tail(&dev->done, skb);
 }
@@ -574,13 +576,6 @@
 	switch (urb_status) {
 	/* success */
 	case 0:
-		if (skb->len < dev->net->hard_header_len) {
-			state = rx_cleanup;
-			dev->net->stats.rx_errors++;
-			dev->net->stats.rx_length_errors++;
-			netif_dbg(dev, rx_err, dev->net,
-				  "rx length %d\n", skb->len);
-		}
 		break;
 
 	/* stalls need manual reset. this is rare ... except that