diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c
index d2605158546bb54c2985ea1bf1c0dffa185ba63d..7cdced0b0581ef3c4e4fcdae9b4676b5d7897208 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c
@@ -1627,14 +1627,15 @@ static void _rtl92e_hard_data_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	memcpy((unsigned char *)(skb->cb), &dev, sizeof(dev));
 	skb_push(skb, priv->rtllib->tx_headroom);
 	ret = _rtl92e_tx(dev, skb);
-	if (ret != 0)
-		kfree_skb(skb);
 
 	if (queue_index != MGNT_QUEUE) {
 		priv->rtllib->stats.tx_bytes += (skb->len -
 						 priv->rtllib->tx_headroom);
 		priv->rtllib->stats.tx_packets++;
 	}
+
+	if (ret != 0)
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 }
 
 static int _rtl92e_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)