1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/eepro.c b/drivers/net/eepro.c
index eed65d821e47..8d97f168f018 100644
--- a/drivers/net/eepro.c
+++ b/drivers/net/eepro.c
@@ -1161,8 +1161,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t eepro_send_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
                         /* we won't wake queue here because we're out of space */
                         dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
                 else {
-                dev->stats.tx_bytes+=skb->len;
-                dev->trans_start = jiffies;
+                        dev->stats.tx_bytes+=skb->len;
                         netif_wake_queue(dev);
                 }