diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.c
index f828d32737af02..04a49b9b545f32 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.c
@@ -1171,8 +1171,11 @@ bool otx2_sq_append_skb(struct net_device *netdev, struct otx2_snd_queue *sq,
 
 	if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size && !is_hw_tso_supported(pfvf, skb)) {
 		/* Insert vlan tag before giving pkt to tso */
-		if (skb_vlan_tag_present(skb))
+		if (skb_vlan_tag_present(skb)) {
 			skb = __vlan_hwaccel_push_inside(skb);
+			if (!skb)
+				return true;
+		}
 		otx2_sq_append_tso(pfvf, sq, skb, qidx);
 		return true;
 	}