diff --git a/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 5b85f4ca20044830f6e5b0f42cdf1f96dc44aca0..d4adc806f6f826c9a8c06aa3567b8a95d7f6d6b9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -1079,10 +1079,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t stmmac_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
 
-	priv->hw->dma->enable_dma_transmission(priv->ioaddr);
-
 	skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
 
+	priv->hw->dma->enable_dma_transmission(priv->ioaddr);
+
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }