diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
index 9ab182a40648..a4ff694cea22 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
@@ -699,10 +699,9 @@ static ssize_t macvtap_get_user(struct macvtap_queue *q, struct msghdr *m,
 	if (!skb)
 		goto err;
 
-	if (zerocopy) {
+	if (zerocopy)
 		err = zerocopy_sg_from_iovec(skb, iv, vnet_hdr_len, count);
-		skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags |= SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY;
-	} else
+	else
 		err = skb_copy_datagram_from_iovec(skb, 0, iv, vnet_hdr_len,
 						   len);
 	if (err)
@@ -721,8 +720,10 @@ static ssize_t macvtap_get_user(struct macvtap_queue *q, struct msghdr *m,
 	rcu_read_lock_bh();
 	vlan = rcu_dereference_bh(q->vlan);
 	/* copy skb_ubuf_info for callback when skb has no error */
-	if (zerocopy)
+	if (zerocopy) {
 		skb_shinfo(skb)->destructor_arg = m->msg_control;
+		skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags |= SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY;
+	}
 	if (vlan)
 		macvlan_start_xmit(skb, vlan->dev);
 	else