diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c
index 55d79cb53a79637bb09297d49f1cf1d1ed533147..9e160148726385b136b5cdedeee31118ac299b77 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c
@@ -149,8 +149,6 @@ static void arc_emac_tx_clean(struct net_device *ndev)
 		struct sk_buff *skb = tx_buff->skb;
 		unsigned int info = le32_to_cpu(txbd->info);
 
-		*txbd_dirty = (*txbd_dirty + 1) % TX_BD_NUM;
-
 		if ((info & FOR_EMAC) || !txbd->data)
 			break;
 
@@ -180,6 +178,8 @@ static void arc_emac_tx_clean(struct net_device *ndev)
 		txbd->data = 0;
 		txbd->info = 0;
 
+		*txbd_dirty = (*txbd_dirty + 1) % TX_BD_NUM;
+
 		if (netif_queue_stopped(ndev))
 			netif_wake_queue(ndev);
 	}