diff --git a/drivers/net/r8169.c b/drivers/net/r8169.c
index 07b3fb5175e5768231bc8a8e5a0974c41192d1a9..56a11e29af0b3616f83bd994a3b695e088cfc504 100644
--- a/drivers/net/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/r8169.c
@@ -4450,9 +4450,8 @@ static inline int rtl8169_fragmented_frame(u32 status)
 	return (status & (FirstFrag | LastFrag)) != (FirstFrag | LastFrag);
 }
 
-static inline void rtl8169_rx_csum(struct sk_buff *skb, struct RxDesc *desc)
+static inline void rtl8169_rx_csum(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 opts1)
 {
-	u32 opts1 = le32_to_cpu(desc->opts1);
 	u32 status = opts1 & RxProtoMask;
 
 	if (((status == RxProtoTCP) && !(opts1 & TCPFail)) ||
@@ -4546,8 +4545,6 @@ static int rtl8169_rx_interrupt(struct net_device *dev,
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			rtl8169_rx_csum(skb, desc);
-
 			if (rtl8169_try_rx_copy(&skb, tp, pkt_size, addr)) {
 				pci_dma_sync_single_for_device(pdev, addr,
 					pkt_size, PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
@@ -4558,6 +4555,7 @@ static int rtl8169_rx_interrupt(struct net_device *dev,
 				tp->Rx_skbuff[entry] = NULL;
 			}
 
+			rtl8169_rx_csum(skb, status);
 			skb_put(skb, pkt_size);
 			skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);