diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
index 573f3e81e5d21290033897c43c7bc70cd30cb784..cd0bd95ccc14b5ac4cac7e13aed5c58ba5280e23 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
@@ -482,6 +482,8 @@ static void xenvif_rx_action(struct xenvif *vif)
 
 	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&vif->rx_queue)) != NULL) {
 		RING_IDX max_slots_needed;
+		RING_IDX old_req_cons;
+		RING_IDX ring_slots_used;
 		int i;
 
 		/* We need a cheap worse case estimate for the number of
@@ -530,8 +532,12 @@ static void xenvif_rx_action(struct xenvif *vif)
 			vif->rx_last_skb_slots = 0;
 
 		sco = (struct skb_cb_overlay *)skb->cb;
+
+		old_req_cons = vif->rx.req_cons;
 		sco->meta_slots_used = xenvif_gop_skb(skb, &npo);
-		BUG_ON(sco->meta_slots_used > max_slots_needed);
+		ring_slots_used = vif->rx.req_cons - old_req_cons;
+
+		BUG_ON(ring_slots_used > max_slots_needed);
 
 		__skb_queue_tail(&rxq, skb);
 	}