unsigned int start_flag;
        unsigned int payload_size;
        unsigned short packet_type;
-       int dummy_cnt;
+       int total_len;
        u32 packet_size_sum = r->offset;
        int index;
        int ret = TO_HOST_INVALID_PACKET;
                        break;
                }
 
-               dummy_cnt = ALIGN(MUX_HEADER_SIZE + payload_size, 4);
+               total_len = ALIGN(MUX_HEADER_SIZE + payload_size, 4);
 
                if (len - packet_size_sum <
-                       MUX_HEADER_SIZE + payload_size + dummy_cnt) {
+                       total_len) {
                        pr_err("invalid payload : %d %d %04x\n",
                               payload_size, len, packet_type);
                        break;
                        break;
                }
 
-               packet_size_sum += MUX_HEADER_SIZE + payload_size + dummy_cnt;
+               packet_size_sum += total_len;
                if (len - packet_size_sum <= MUX_HEADER_SIZE + 2) {
                        ret = r->callback(NULL,
                                        0,
        struct mux_pkt_header *mux_header;
        struct mux_tx *t = NULL;
        static u32 seq_num = 1;
-       int dummy_cnt;
        int total_len;
        int ret;
        unsigned long flags;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&mux_dev->write_lock, flags);
 
-       dummy_cnt = ALIGN(MUX_HEADER_SIZE + len, 4);
-
-       total_len = len + MUX_HEADER_SIZE + dummy_cnt;
+       total_len = ALIGN(MUX_HEADER_SIZE + len, 4);
 
        t = alloc_mux_tx(total_len);
        if (!t) {
        mux_header->packet_type = __cpu_to_le16(packet_type[tty_index]);
 
        memcpy(t->buf+MUX_HEADER_SIZE, data, len);
-       memset(t->buf+MUX_HEADER_SIZE+len, 0, dummy_cnt);
+       memset(t->buf+MUX_HEADER_SIZE+len, 0, total_len - MUX_HEADER_SIZE -
+              len);
 
        t->len = total_len;
        t->callback = cb;