diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c
index 77ea4b7165351707192dde0ea3c678950502a71b..bc07933d67dadec6845fb667fbc9cc1edf025c3e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ int ixgbe_fcoe_ddp(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
 	 */
 	if ((fh->fh_r_ctl == FC_RCTL_DD_SOL_DATA) &&
 	    (fctl & FC_FC_END_SEQ)) {
+		skb_linearize(skb);
 		crc = (struct fcoe_crc_eof *)skb_put(skb, sizeof(*crc));
 		crc->fcoe_eof = FC_EOF_T;
 	}