diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index 6652bd9da676..04b69896df5f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ int ip_fragment(struct sk_buff *skb, int (*output)(struct sk_buff *))
 	int ptr;
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct sk_buff *skb2;
-	unsigned int mtu, hlen, left, len, ll_rs, pad;
+	unsigned int mtu, hlen, left, len, ll_rs;
 	int offset;
 	__be16 not_last_frag;
 	struct rtable *rt = skb_rtable(skb);
@@ -585,9 +585,7 @@ int ip_fragment(struct sk_buff *skb, int (*output)(struct sk_buff *))
 	/* for bridged IP traffic encapsulated inside f.e. a vlan header,
 	 * we need to make room for the encapsulating header
 	 */
-	pad = nf_bridge_pad(skb);
-	ll_rs = LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EXTRA(rt->dst.dev, pad);
-	mtu -= pad;
+	ll_rs = LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EXTRA(rt->dst.dev, nf_bridge_pad(skb));
 
 	/*
 	 *	Fragment the datagram.