diff --git a/sys/netinet/ip_fastfwd.c b/sys/netinet/ip_fastfwd.c
index f0add296a9a3..4acb59494319 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/ip_fastfwd.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/ip_fastfwd.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ ip_fastforward(struct mbuf *m)
 	if (hlen > m->m_len) {
 		if ((m = m_pullup(m, hlen)) == 0) {
 			ipstat.ips_badhlen++;
-			goto drop;
+			return 1;
 		}
 		ip = mtod(m, struct ip *);
 	}