diff --git a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-core.c b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-core.c
index 1dbb87c28049..aa992e71d787 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-core.c
@@ -2303,7 +2303,7 @@ mcp251xfd_tx_obj_from_skb(const struct mcp251xfd_priv *priv,
 	union mcp251xfd_tx_obj_load_buf *load_buf;
 	u8 dlc;
 	u32 id, flags;
-	int offset, len;
+	int pad_len, len;
 
 	if (cfd->can_id & CAN_EFF_FLAG) {
 		u32 sid, eid;
@@ -2351,13 +2351,14 @@ mcp251xfd_tx_obj_from_skb(const struct mcp251xfd_priv *priv,
 	put_unaligned_le32(id, &hw_tx_obj->id);
 	put_unaligned_le32(flags, &hw_tx_obj->flags);
 
-	/* Clear data at end of CAN frame */
-	offset = round_down(cfd->len, sizeof(u32));
-	len = round_up(can_fd_dlc2len(dlc), sizeof(u32)) - offset;
-	if (MCP251XFD_SANITIZE_CAN && len)
-		memset(hw_tx_obj->data + offset, 0x0, len);
+	/* Copy data */
 	memcpy(hw_tx_obj->data, cfd->data, cfd->len);
 
+	/* Clear unused data at end of CAN frame */
+	pad_len = can_fd_dlc2len(dlc) - cfd->len;
+	if (MCP251XFD_SANITIZE_CAN && pad_len)
+		memset(hw_tx_obj->data + cfd->len, 0x0, pad_len);
+
 	/* Number of bytes to be written into the RAM of the controller */
 	len = sizeof(hw_tx_obj->id) + sizeof(hw_tx_obj->flags);
 	if (MCP251XFD_SANITIZE_CAN)