diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index da7da9c0ed1b..2741c0c55e83 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ static inline void skb_postpull_rcsum(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 static inline int pskb_trim_rcsum(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
 {
-	if (len >= skb->len)
+	if (likely(len >= skb->len))
 		return 0;
 	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_HW)
 		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;