1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c
index ee5109a3cd98..42f067347bc7 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c
@@ -495,14 +495,14 @@ xpnet_dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
                 }
         }
 
+        dev->stats.tx_packets++;
+        dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
+
         if (atomic_dec_return(&queued_msg->use_count) == 0) {
                 dev_kfree_skb(skb);
                 kfree(queued_msg);
         }
 
-        dev->stats.tx_packets++;
-        dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
-
         return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }