diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/tx.c b/drivers/net/sfc/tx.c
index e669f94e821bde87e23d842fe25005e9568a93a8..a8b70ef6d817ea51a867c217f25fa78871cf5624 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/tx.c
@@ -821,8 +821,6 @@ static void efx_enqueue_unwind(struct efx_tx_queue *tx_queue)
 					   EFX_TXQ_MASK];
 		efx_tsoh_free(tx_queue, buffer);
 		EFX_BUG_ON_PARANOID(buffer->skb);
-		buffer->len = 0;
-		buffer->continuation = true;
 		if (buffer->unmap_len) {
 			unmap_addr = (buffer->dma_addr + buffer->len -
 				      buffer->unmap_len);
@@ -836,6 +834,8 @@ static void efx_enqueue_unwind(struct efx_tx_queue *tx_queue)
 					       PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
 			buffer->unmap_len = 0;
 		}
+		buffer->len = 0;
+		buffer->continuation = true;
 	}
 }