diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
index 1f3562ec113e9c31f33c579ab7f7b34488befd9b..01bb36e7cff0ac8cdaa1fa70e0a99a1bad3c9f33 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ temac_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 		smp_mb();
 
 		/* Space might have just been freed - check again */
-		if (temac_check_tx_bd_space(lp, num_frag))
+		if (temac_check_tx_bd_space(lp, num_frag + 1))
 			return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
 
 		netif_wake_queue(ndev);