diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/asix/ax88796c_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/asix/ax88796c_main.c
index f1d610efd69e..8b7cdf015a16 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/asix/ax88796c_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/asix/ax88796c_main.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ ax88796c_tx_fixup(struct net_device *ndev, struct sk_buff_head *q)
 	skb_put(skb, padlen);
 
 	/* EOP header */
-	memcpy(skb_put(skb, TX_EOP_SIZE), &info.eop, TX_EOP_SIZE);
+	skb_put_data(skb, &info.eop, TX_EOP_SIZE);
 
 	skb_unlink(skb, q);