diff --git a/drivers/net/ethoc.c b/drivers/net/ethoc.c
index 5904ad284a0115912427297852f95393059bb55f..afeb9938ff8528e4e3c5eff86131670d49f52f48 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethoc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethoc.c
@@ -298,6 +298,8 @@ static int ethoc_init_ring(struct ethoc *dev, void* mem_start)
 	dev->dty_tx = 0;
 	dev->cur_rx = 0;
 
+	ethoc_write(dev, TX_BD_NUM, dev->num_tx);
+
 	/* setup transmission buffers */
 	bd.addr = mem_start;
 	bd.stat = TX_BD_IRQ | TX_BD_CRC;
@@ -676,8 +678,6 @@ static int ethoc_open(struct net_device *dev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ethoc_write(priv, TX_BD_NUM, priv->num_tx);
-
 	ethoc_init_ring(priv, (void*)dev->mem_start);
 	ethoc_reset(priv);