diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 4e9c848c67ccc93477839c34959cb6f3760e7e35..1ab1eea1556adf1153b66c7a82b674c60042e3af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -3506,8 +3506,6 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue)
 		if (unlikely(status & dma_own))
 			break;
 
-		count++;
-
 		rx_q->cur_rx = STMMAC_GET_ENTRY(rx_q->cur_rx, DMA_RX_SIZE);
 		next_entry = rx_q->cur_rx;
 
@@ -3534,6 +3532,7 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue)
 			goto read_again;
 		if (unlikely(error)) {
 			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+			count++;
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -3573,6 +3572,7 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue)
 			skb = napi_alloc_skb(&ch->rx_napi, len);
 			if (!skb) {
 				priv->dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
+				count++;
 				continue;
 			}
 
@@ -3638,6 +3638,7 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue)
 
 		priv->dev->stats.rx_packets++;
 		priv->dev->stats.rx_bytes += len;
+		count++;
 	}
 
 	if (status & rx_not_ls) {