diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/sge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/sge.c
index 9c89dc8fe105..632b318eb38a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/sge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/sge.c
@@ -1599,7 +1599,8 @@ static void write_ofld_wr(struct adapter *adap, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	flits = skb_transport_offset(skb) / 8;
 	sgp = ndesc == 1 ? (struct sg_ent *)&d->flit[flits] : sgl;
 	sgl_flits = make_sgl(skb, sgp, skb_transport_header(skb),
-			     skb->tail - skb->transport_header,
+			     skb_tail_pointer(skb) -
+			     skb_transport_header(skb),
 			     adap->pdev);
 	if (need_skb_unmap()) {
 		setup_deferred_unmapping(skb, adap->pdev, sgp, sgl_flits);