diff --git a/net/atm/lec.c b/net/atm/lec.c
index 7226c784dbe0c70e4d6899634cb3821ff5a61960..ca9952c52fb5c1c775394a1ca65393a685d73c4b 100644
--- a/net/atm/lec.c
+++ b/net/atm/lec.c
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ static void
 lec_send(struct atm_vcc *vcc, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
+	unsigned int len = skb->len;
 
 	ATM_SKB(skb)->vcc = vcc;
 	atm_account_tx(vcc, skb);
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ lec_send(struct atm_vcc *vcc, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	}
 
 	dev->stats.tx_packets++;
-	dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
+	dev->stats.tx_bytes += len;
 }
 
 static void lec_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int txqueue)