return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
 
-/* hard_start_xmit for devices that have the 4G bug and/or 40-bit bug and
- * support TG3_FLAG_HW_TSO_1 or firmware TSO only.
- */
+/* hard_start_xmit for all devices */
 static netdev_tx_t tg3_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
        struct tg3 *tp = netdev_priv(dev);
                hdr_len = skb_transport_offset(skb) + tcp_hdrlen(skb) - ETH_HLEN;
 
                if (!skb_is_gso_v6(skb)) {
+                       if (unlikely((ETH_HLEN + hdr_len) > 80) &&
+                           tg3_flag(tp, TSO_BUG))
+                               return tg3_tso_bug(tp, skb);
+
                        iph->check = 0;
                        iph->tot_len = htons(mss + hdr_len);
                }
 
-               if (unlikely((ETH_HLEN + hdr_len) > 80) &&
-                   tg3_flag(tp, TSO_BUG))
-                       return tg3_tso_bug(tp, skb);
-
                base_flags |= (TXD_FLAG_CPU_PRE_DMA |
                               TXD_FLAG_CPU_POST_DMA);