diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index fd4a46b03cc8317f44f0c4d3ee5141dd05858244..ea69af267d63522ae7f545c2cbb8a7a6e601adbc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -5326,7 +5326,7 @@ static int igb_tx_map(struct igb_ring *tx_ring,
 				       DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 		dma_unmap_len_set(tx_buffer, len, 0);
 
-		if (i--)
+		if (i-- == 0)
 			i += tx_ring->count;
 		tx_buffer = &tx_ring->tx_buffer_info[i];
 	}