--- linux-2.4.21aarc8A/drivers/net/eexpress.c.broken	Fri Jun 13 10:51:34 2003
+++ linux-2.4.21aarc8A/drivers/net/eexpress.c	Mon Jun 16 22:05:55 2003
@@ -640,7 +640,9 @@
 static int eexp_xmit(struct sk_buff *buf, struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct net_local *lp = (struct net_local *)dev->priv;
-	short length = buf->len;
+	unsigned short length = (ETH_ZLEN < buf->len) ? buf->len :
+		                         ETH_ZLEN;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	unsigned long flags;
 #endif
@@ -654,7 +656,6 @@
 		buf = skb_padto(buf, ETH_ZLEN);
 		if(buf == NULL)
 			return 0;
-		length = buf->len;
 	}
 
 	disable_irq(dev->irq);