diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c
index 6c0679fd78b85f040e156d27053d8543b31df4cd..e4ec32a9ca1526daf07b151d69b56090bc218562 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c
@@ -2008,7 +2008,6 @@ static inline int dpaa_xmit(struct dpaa_priv *priv,
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
-		percpu_stats->tx_errors++;
 		percpu_stats->tx_fifo_errors++;
 		return err;
 	}