diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_map_data.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_map_data.c
index 86b8c758f94e..978ce2679b23 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_map_data.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_map_data.c
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ struct rmnet_map_header *rmnet_map_add_map_header(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	u32 padding, map_datalen;
 	u8 *padbytes;
 
-	if (skb_headroom(skb) < sizeof(struct rmnet_map_header))
-		return NULL;
-
 	map_datalen = skb->len - hdrlen;
 	map_header = (struct rmnet_map_header *)
 			skb_push(skb, sizeof(struct rmnet_map_header));