diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/dlci.c b/drivers/net/wan/dlci.c
index 69d269d32b5..15d353f268b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/dlci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/dlci.c
@@ -186,46 +186,13 @@ static void dlci_receive(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 }
 
-static netdev_tx_t dlci_transmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
-				       struct net_device *dev)
+static netdev_tx_t dlci_transmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	struct dlci_local *dlp;
-	netdev_tx_t ret;
+	struct dlci_local *dlp = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-	if (!skb || !dev)
-		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-
-	dlp = netdev_priv(dev);
-
-	netif_stop_queue(dev);
-	
-	/* This is hackish, overloads driver specific return values
-	   on top of normal transmit return! */
-	ret = dlp->slave->netdev_ops->ndo_start_xmit(skb, dlp->slave);
-	switch (ret)
-	{
-		case DLCI_RET_OK:
-			dev->stats.tx_packets++;
-			ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
-			break;
-		case DLCI_RET_ERR:
-			dev->stats.tx_errors++;
-			ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
-			break;
-		case DLCI_RET_DROP:
-			dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
-			ret = NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
-			break;
-	}
-	/* Alan Cox recommends always returning 0, and always freeing the packet */
-	/* experience suggest a slightly more conservative approach */
-
-	if (ret == NETDEV_TX_OK)
-	{
-		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
-		netif_wake_queue(dev);
-	}
-	return(ret);
+	if (skb)
+		dlp->slave->netdev_ops->ndo_start_xmit(skb, dlp->slave);
+	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
 
 static int dlci_config(struct net_device *dev, struct dlci_conf __user *conf, int get)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/sdla.c b/drivers/net/wan/sdla.c
index 63c76458431..2b15a7e40d5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/sdla.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/sdla.c
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ static int sdla_dlci_conf(struct net_device *slave, struct net_device *master, i
 
 /* NOTE: the DLCI driver deals with freeing the SKB!! */
 static netdev_tx_t sdla_transmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
-				       struct net_device *dev)
+				 struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct frad_local *flp;
 	int               ret, addr, accept, i;
@@ -712,23 +712,21 @@ static netdev_tx_t sdla_transmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				}
 				break;
 		}
+
 		switch (ret)
 		{
 			case SDLA_RET_OK:
 				dev->stats.tx_packets++;
-				ret = DLCI_RET_OK;
 				break;
 
 			case SDLA_RET_CIR_OVERFLOW:
 			case SDLA_RET_BUF_OVERSIZE:
 			case SDLA_RET_NO_BUFS:
 				dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
-				ret = DLCI_RET_DROP;
 				break;
 
 			default:
 				dev->stats.tx_errors++;
-				ret = DLCI_RET_ERR;
 				break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -738,6 +736,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t sdla_transmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		if(flp->master[i]!=NULL)
 			netif_wake_queue(flp->master[i]);
 	}		
+
+	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/if_frad.h b/include/linux/if_frad.h
index 673f2209453..80b3a1056a5 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_frad.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_frad.h
@@ -69,11 +69,6 @@ struct dlci_conf {
 
 #define DLCI_VALID_FLAGS	0x000B
 
-/* FRAD driver uses these to indicate what it did with packet */
-#define DLCI_RET_OK		0x00
-#define DLCI_RET_ERR		0x01
-#define DLCI_RET_DROP		0x02
-
 /* defines for the actual Frame Relay hardware */
 #define FRAD_GET_CONF	(SIOCDEVPRIVATE)
 #define FRAD_SET_CONF	(SIOCDEVPRIVATE + 1)