diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/netiucv.c b/drivers/s390/net/netiucv.c
index c84eadd3602af2883dbc8aa719aa2f576962c831..395c04c2b00fcd5cca85a696bccddf6f540b7064 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/netiucv.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/netiucv.c
@@ -741,13 +741,13 @@ static void conn_action_txdone(fsm_instance *fi, int event, void *arg)
 	if (single_flag) {
 		if ((skb = skb_dequeue(&conn->commit_queue))) {
 			atomic_dec(&skb->users);
-			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 			if (privptr) {
 				privptr->stats.tx_packets++;
 				privptr->stats.tx_bytes +=
 					(skb->len - NETIUCV_HDRLEN
-					 	  - NETIUCV_HDRLEN);
+						  - NETIUCV_HDRLEN);
 			}
+			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 		}
 	}
 	conn->tx_buff->data = conn->tx_buff->head;