diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
index e7c8b749c5a53f969096e3f442195d88f82597d7..50bb71c663e20a010c9a4390c3d1c38726037c85 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
@@ -428,6 +428,8 @@ fec_enet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 	/* If this was the last BD in the ring, start at the beginning again. */
 	bdp = fec_enet_get_nextdesc(bdp, fep);
 
+	skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
+
 	fep->cur_tx = bdp;
 
 	if (fep->cur_tx == fep->dirty_tx)
@@ -436,8 +438,6 @@ fec_enet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 	/* Trigger transmission start */
 	writel(0, fep->hwp + FEC_X_DES_ACTIVE);
 
-	skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
-
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }