diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index e6b2df0e73f56a4b143365be8302875c600c49bc..b7d9dc0adc62651159944e76daafd5e26013cafc 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -2840,6 +2840,7 @@ static void qeth_flush_buffers(struct qeth_qdio_out_q *queue, int index,
 		queue->card->perf_stats.outbound_do_qdio_time +=
 			qeth_get_micros() -
 			queue->card->perf_stats.outbound_do_qdio_start_time;
+	atomic_add(count, &queue->used_buffers);
 	if (rc) {
 		queue->card->stats.tx_errors += count;
 		/* ignore temporary SIGA errors without busy condition */
@@ -2853,7 +2854,6 @@ static void qeth_flush_buffers(struct qeth_qdio_out_q *queue, int index,
 		qeth_schedule_recovery(queue->card);
 		return;
 	}
-	atomic_add(count, &queue->used_buffers);
 	if (queue->card->options.performance_stats)
 		queue->card->perf_stats.bufs_sent += count;
 }