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diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 733980fce8e3..41c891d05f04 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -392,4 +392,16 @@ static inline unsigned long compare_ether_header(const void *a, const void *b)
#endif
}
+/**
+ * eth_skb_pad - Pad buffer to mininum number of octets for Ethernet frame
+ * @skb: Buffer to pad
+ *
+ * An Ethernet frame should have a minimum size of 60 bytes. This function
+ * takes short frames and pads them with zeros up to the 60 byte limit.
+ */
+static inline int eth_skb_pad(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ return skb_put_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN);
+}
+
#endif /* _LINUX_ETHERDEVICE_H */