diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.c
index f35b258e046092dc053eb468ffa3239c05a36bf3..a0da6ed321fd21de51aefb59a61fe3a638548b73 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.c
@@ -1469,6 +1469,11 @@ netdev_tx_t hns3_nic_net_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	/* Hardware can only handle short frames above 32 bytes */
 	if (skb_put_padto(skb, HNS3_MIN_TX_LEN)) {
 		hns3_tx_doorbell(ring, 0, !netdev_xmit_more());
+
+		u64_stats_update_begin(&ring->syncp);
+		ring->stats.sw_err_cnt++;
+		u64_stats_update_end(&ring->syncp);
+
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	}