diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index 92e0624f4cf03cef36f085c8fa4f2669c80c0ef3..cfd50206f7c3d012f62a78dce5d489cfd6a7d286 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -1892,6 +1892,7 @@ static void mlx4_en_clear_stats(struct net_device *dev)
 		priv->tx_ring[i]->bytes = 0;
 		priv->tx_ring[i]->packets = 0;
 		priv->tx_ring[i]->tx_csum = 0;
+		priv->tx_ring[i]->tx_dropped = 0;
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i < priv->rx_ring_num; i++) {
 		priv->rx_ring[i]->bytes = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_port.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_port.c
index 20b6c2e678b8879525ae41c995d5bc7692bfdec5..3df8690154b1151dcc74613d0a0af47d36a799d4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_port.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_port.c
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ int mlx4_en_DUMP_ETH_STATS(struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev, u8 port, u8 reset)
 	}
 	stats->tx_packets = 0;
 	stats->tx_bytes = 0;
+	stats->tx_dropped = 0;
 	priv->port_stats.tx_chksum_offload = 0;
 	priv->port_stats.queue_stopped = 0;
 	priv->port_stats.wake_queue = 0;
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ int mlx4_en_DUMP_ETH_STATS(struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev, u8 port, u8 reset)
 
 		stats->tx_packets += ring->packets;
 		stats->tx_bytes += ring->bytes;
+		stats->tx_dropped += ring->tx_dropped;
 		priv->port_stats.tx_chksum_offload += ring->tx_csum;
 		priv->port_stats.queue_stopped     += ring->queue_stopped;
 		priv->port_stats.wake_queue        += ring->wake_queue;
@@ -251,7 +253,7 @@ int mlx4_en_DUMP_ETH_STATS(struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev, u8 port, u8 reset)
 	stats->tx_fifo_errors = 0;
 	stats->tx_heartbeat_errors = 0;
 	stats->tx_window_errors = 0;
-	stats->tx_dropped = be32_to_cpu(mlx4_en_stats->TDROP);
+	stats->tx_dropped += be32_to_cpu(mlx4_en_stats->TDROP);
 
 	/* RX stats */
 	priv->pkstats.rx_multicast_packets = stats->multicast;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
index f6e61570cb2c2b53a13adfbfbccc2c00e084171b..76aa4d27183c7d9527141ec168fd347a5d1b0d86 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -726,12 +726,12 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	bool inline_ok;
 	u32 ring_cons;
 
-	if (!priv->port_up)
-		goto tx_drop;
-
 	tx_ind = skb_get_queue_mapping(skb);
 	ring = priv->tx_ring[tx_ind];
 
+	if (!priv->port_up)
+		goto tx_drop;
+
 	/* fetch ring->cons far ahead before needing it to avoid stall */
 	ring_cons = ACCESS_ONCE(ring->cons);
 
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 tx_drop:
 	dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
-	priv->stats.tx_dropped++;
+	ring->tx_dropped++;
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
index cc84e09f324a42aa526be4f1e5a74f1c88899791..9a9124031fc7e9fd1722b6a4c92c5d047c7ee960 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ struct mlx4_en_tx_ring {
 	unsigned long		tx_csum;
 	unsigned long		tso_packets;
 	unsigned long		xmit_more;
+	unsigned int		tx_dropped;
 	struct mlx4_bf		bf;
 	unsigned long		queue_stopped;