diff --git a/drivers/net/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/benet/be_main.c
index 68e7848ac0b0ae6f9c4e8d94452c94db3c61b817..545c8417fc268dba154c7d47ebdf10ea2f9fbffc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/benet/be_main.c
@@ -1128,6 +1128,9 @@ static void be_tx_compl_clean(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 	struct be_queue_info *txq = &adapter->tx_obj.q;
 	struct be_eth_tx_compl *txcp;
 	u16 end_idx, cmpl = 0, timeo = 0;
+	struct sk_buff **sent_skbs = adapter->tx_obj.sent_skb_list;
+	struct sk_buff *sent_skb;
+	bool dummy_wrb;
 
 	/* Wait for a max of 200ms for all the tx-completions to arrive. */
 	do {
@@ -1151,6 +1154,15 @@ static void be_tx_compl_clean(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 	if (atomic_read(&txq->used))
 		dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev, "%d pending tx-completions\n",
 			atomic_read(&txq->used));
+
+	/* free posted tx for which compls will never arrive */
+	while (atomic_read(&txq->used)) {
+		sent_skb = sent_skbs[txq->tail];
+		end_idx = txq->tail;
+		index_adv(&end_idx,
+			wrb_cnt_for_skb(sent_skb, &dummy_wrb) - 1, txq->len);
+		be_tx_compl_process(adapter, end_idx);
+	}
 }
 
 static void be_mcc_queues_destroy(struct be_adapter *adapter)