diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 7d6082160bcc..fae0fbd8bc88 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -1057,7 +1057,8 @@ netdev_tx_t usbnet_start_xmit (struct sk_buff *skb,
 	unsigned long		flags;
 	int retval;
 
-	skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
+	if (skb)
+		skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
 
 	// some devices want funky USB-level framing, for
 	// win32 driver (usually) and/or hardware quirks