diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/ftgmac100.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/ftgmac100.c
index ed6c76d20b45b2a38ccf87e63487e77a756812a3..f6ed889bc36a26e29bf1c4a6ee9ff214c673e8fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/ftgmac100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/ftgmac100.c
@@ -739,6 +739,18 @@ static int ftgmac100_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	 */
 	nfrags = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
 
+	/* Setup HW checksumming */
+	csum_vlan = 0;
+	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL &&
+	    !ftgmac100_prep_tx_csum(skb, &csum_vlan))
+		goto drop;
+
+	/* Add VLAN tag */
+	if (skb_vlan_tag_present(skb)) {
+		csum_vlan |= FTGMAC100_TXDES1_INS_VLANTAG;
+		csum_vlan |= skb_vlan_tag_get(skb) & 0xffff;
+	}
+
 	/* Get header len */
 	len = skb_headlen(skb);
 
@@ -765,19 +777,6 @@ static int ftgmac100_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (nfrags == 0)
 		f_ctl_stat |= FTGMAC100_TXDES0_LTS;
 	txdes->txdes3 = cpu_to_le32(map);
-
-	/* Setup HW checksumming */
-	csum_vlan = 0;
-	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL &&
-	    !ftgmac100_prep_tx_csum(skb, &csum_vlan))
-		goto drop;
-
-	/* Add VLAN tag */
-	if (skb_vlan_tag_present(skb)) {
-		csum_vlan |= FTGMAC100_TXDES1_INS_VLANTAG;
-		csum_vlan |= skb_vlan_tag_get(skb) & 0xffff;
-	}
-
 	txdes->txdes1 = cpu_to_le32(csum_vlan);
 
 	/* Next descriptor */