diff --git a/include/net/nfc/nci.h b/include/net/nfc/nci.h
index 0b34fde9b130b0162e6321b47dd799baed43af0d..cdbe671393432e92015920e9827c9614ace17666 100644
--- a/include/net/nfc/nci.h
+++ b/include/net/nfc/nci.h
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@
 /* NCI Static RF connection ID */
 #define NCI_STATIC_RF_CONN_ID					0x00
 
+/* NCI Data Flow Control */
+#define NCI_DATA_FLOW_CONTROL_NOT_USED				0xff
+
 /* NCI RF_DISCOVER_MAP_CMD modes */
 #define NCI_DISC_MAP_MODE_POLL					0x01
 #define NCI_DISC_MAP_MODE_LISTEN				0x02
diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/core.c b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
index 9d0b5305c36e8111688ca8dd0ea1f7b0313d7aa3..3dffcb3221cc682bebf0bd7bf2bdcb866060b3d7 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
@@ -722,7 +722,10 @@ static void nci_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		if (!skb)
 			return;
 
-		atomic_dec(&ndev->credits_cnt);
+		/* Check if data flow control is used */
+		if (atomic_read(&ndev->credits_cnt) !=
+				NCI_DATA_FLOW_CONTROL_NOT_USED)
+			atomic_dec(&ndev->credits_cnt);
 
 		nfc_dbg("NCI TX: MT=data, PBF=%d, conn_id=%d, plen=%d",
 				nci_pbf(skb->data),