diff --git a/drivers/net/appletalk/ipddp.c b/drivers/net/appletalk/ipddp.c
index bea87da..aaf14d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/appletalk/ipddp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/appletalk/ipddp.c
@@ -177,8 +177,7 @@
 	dev->stats.tx_packets++;
 	dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
 
-        if(aarp_send_ddp(rt->dev, skb, &rt->at, NULL) < 0)
-                dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+	aarp_send_ddp(rt->dev, skb, &rt->at, NULL);
 
 	spin_unlock(&ipddp_route_lock);
 
diff --git a/net/appletalk/aarp.c b/net/appletalk/aarp.c
index 89f99d3..9d4adfd 100644
--- a/net/appletalk/aarp.c
+++ b/net/appletalk/aarp.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@
 
 	/* Non ELAP we cannot do. */
 	if (dev->type != ARPHRD_ETHER)
-		return -1;
+		goto free_it;
 
 	skb->dev = dev;
 	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_ATALK);
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
 	if (!a) {
 		/* Whoops slipped... good job it's an unreliable protocol 8) */
 		write_unlock_bh(&aarp_lock);
-		return -1;
+		goto free_it;
 	}
 
 	/* Set up the queue */
@@ -663,15 +663,21 @@
 	write_unlock_bh(&aarp_lock);
 
 	/* Tell the ddp layer we have taken over for this frame. */
-	return 0;
+	goto sent;
 
 sendit:
 	if (skb->sk)
 		skb->priority = skb->sk->sk_priority;
-	dev_queue_xmit(skb);
+	if (dev_queue_xmit(skb))
+		goto drop;
 sent:
-	return 1;
+	return NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
+free_it:
+	kfree_skb(skb);
+drop:
+	return NET_XMIT_DROP;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(aarp_send_ddp);
 
 /*
  *	An entry in the aarp unresolved queue has become resolved. Send
diff --git a/net/appletalk/ddp.c b/net/appletalk/ddp.c
index 0d42d5d..4a6ff2b 100644
--- a/net/appletalk/ddp.c
+++ b/net/appletalk/ddp.c
@@ -1270,8 +1270,10 @@
 	struct net_device_stats *stats;
 
 	/* This needs to be able to handle ipddp"N" devices */
-	if (!dev)
-		return -ENODEV;
+	if (!dev) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		return NET_RX_DROP;
+	}
 
 	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IP);
 	skb_pull(skb, 13);
@@ -1281,8 +1283,7 @@
 	stats = netdev_priv(dev);
 	stats->rx_packets++;
 	stats->rx_bytes += skb->len + 13;
-	netif_rx(skb);  /* Send the SKB up to a higher place. */
-	return 0;
+	return netif_rx(skb);  /* Send the SKB up to a higher place. */
 }
 #else
 /* make it easy for gcc to optimize this test out, i.e. kill the code */
@@ -1290,9 +1291,8 @@
 #define handle_ip_over_ddp(skb) 0
 #endif
 
-static void atalk_route_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
-			       struct ddpehdr *ddp, __u16 len_hops,
-			       int origlen)
+static int atalk_route_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
+			      struct ddpehdr *ddp, __u16 len_hops, int origlen)
 {
 	struct atalk_route *rt;
 	struct atalk_addr ta;
@@ -1359,8 +1359,6 @@
 		/* 22 bytes - 12 ether, 2 len, 3 802.2 5 snap */
 		struct sk_buff *nskb = skb_realloc_headroom(skb, 32);
 		kfree_skb(skb);
-		if (!nskb)
-			goto out;
 		skb = nskb;
 	} else
 		skb = skb_unshare(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
@@ -1369,12 +1367,16 @@
 	 * If the buffer didn't vanish into the lack of space bitbucket we can
 	 * send it.
 	 */
-	if (skb && aarp_send_ddp(rt->dev, skb, &ta, NULL) == -1)
-		goto free_it;
-out:
-	return;
+	if (skb == NULL)
+		goto drop;
+
+	if (aarp_send_ddp(rt->dev, skb, &ta, NULL) == NET_XMIT_DROP)
+		return NET_RX_DROP;
+	return NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
 free_it:
 	kfree_skb(skb);
+drop:
+	return NET_RX_DROP;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1448,8 +1450,7 @@
 		/* Not ours, so we route the packet via the correct
 		 * AppleTalk iface
 		 */
-		atalk_route_packet(skb, dev, ddp, len_hops, origlen);
-		return NET_RX_SUCCESS;
+		return atalk_route_packet(skb, dev, ddp, len_hops, origlen);
 	}
 
 	/* if IP over DDP is not selected this code will be optimized out */
@@ -1655,10 +1656,10 @@
 		if (skb2) {
 			loopback = 1;
 			SOCK_DEBUG(sk, "SK %p: send out(copy).\n", sk);
-			if (aarp_send_ddp(dev, skb2,
-					  &usat->sat_addr, NULL) == -1)
-				kfree_skb(skb2);
-				/* else queued/sent above in the aarp queue */
+			/*
+			 * If it fails it is queued/sent above in the aarp queue
+			 */
+			aarp_send_ddp(dev, skb2, &usat->sat_addr, NULL);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1688,9 +1689,10 @@
 		    usat = &gsat;
 		}
 
-		if (aarp_send_ddp(dev, skb, &usat->sat_addr, NULL) == -1)
-			kfree_skb(skb);
-		/* else queued/sent above in the aarp queue */
+		/*
+		 * If it fails it is queued/sent above in the aarp queue
+		 */
+		aarp_send_ddp(dev, skb, &usat->sat_addr, NULL);
 	}
 	SOCK_DEBUG(sk, "SK %p: Done write (%Zd).\n", sk, len);
 
@@ -1868,7 +1870,6 @@
 static unsigned char ddp_snap_id[] = { 0x08, 0x00, 0x07, 0x80, 0x9B };
 
 /* Export symbols for use by drivers when AppleTalk is a module */
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(aarp_send_ddp);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(atrtr_get_dev);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(atalk_find_dev_addr);