diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
index 8e37e1f58c4b..d78c6327f65b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
@@ -1431,12 +1431,20 @@ ax88179_tx_fixup(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t flags)
 
 	headroom = skb_headroom(skb) - 8;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ENABLE_SFE
+	if (((!(skb->fast_forwarded) && skb_header_cloned(skb)) ||
+	     headroom < 0) &&
+	    pskb_expand_head(skb, headroom < 0 ? 8 : 0, 0, GFP_ATOMIC)) {
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+#else
 	if ((skb_header_cloned(skb) || headroom < 0) &&
 	    pskb_expand_head(skb, headroom < 0 ? 8 : 0, 0, GFP_ATOMIC)) {
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 		return NULL;
 	}
-
+#endif
 	ptr = skb_push(skb, 8);
 	put_unaligned_le32(tx_hdr1, ptr);
 	put_unaligned_le32(tx_hdr2, ptr + 4);