diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/s2io.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/s2io.c
index 82be900756952d137e3325a17c77306bcc865c54..feda9644289d41d6cdc74b70aaffdc281d88e93c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/s2io.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/s2io.c
@@ -3055,7 +3055,7 @@ static void tx_intr_handler(struct fifo_info *fifo_data)
 
 		/* Updating the statistics block */
 		swstats->mem_freed += skb->truesize;
-		dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
+		dev_consume_skb_irq(skb);
 
 		get_info.offset++;
 		if (get_info.offset == get_info.fifo_len + 1)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.c
index 0da7393b2ef3d6cc638eeac6927ae5968a06ab7a..b877acec5cde6ab72767bcd89df08536d706ec41 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static inline void VXGE_COMPLETE_VPATH_TX(struct vxge_fifo *fifo)
 
 		/* free SKBs */
 		for (temp = completed; temp != skb_ptr; temp++)
-			dev_kfree_skb_irq(*temp);
+			dev_consume_skb_irq(*temp);
 	} while (more);
 }