diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/dscc4.c b/drivers/net/wan/dscc4.c
index c0b0f525c87ca81c52ba66e0563288c558a7605c..27decf8ae840b95e3b8568a7d4f94cb8805e9093 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/dscc4.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/dscc4.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ static void dscc4_tx_irq(struct dscc4_pci_priv *ppriv,
 					dev->stats.tx_packets++;
 					dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
 				}
-				dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
+				dev_consume_skb_irq(skb);
 				dpriv->tx_skbuff[cur] = NULL;
 				++dpriv->tx_dirty;
 			} else {