diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h
index e7cbc56a0c8f31ec43a1b3efd258c2129199ac65..21b064feaa4e17e0f4790311e1a904a8a0a3e1ea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ struct be_tx_stats {
 	u64 tx_compl;
 	ulong tx_jiffies;
 	u32 tx_stops;
+	u32 tx_drv_drops;	/* pkts dropped by driver */
 	struct u64_stats_sync sync;
 	struct u64_stats_sync sync_compl;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
index a08783c7456e930120d8f5358e631fda4e442293..3dcf817e756dd5969dd64a68553f3c8f50dedba7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
@@ -155,7 +155,9 @@ static const struct be_ethtool_stat et_tx_stats[] = {
 	/* Number of times the TX queue was stopped due to lack
 	 * of spaces in the TXQ.
 	 */
-	{DRVSTAT_TX_INFO(tx_stops)}
+	{DRVSTAT_TX_INFO(tx_stops)},
+	/* Pkts dropped in the driver's transmit path */
+	{DRVSTAT_TX_INFO(tx_drv_drops)}
 };
 #define ETHTOOL_TXSTATS_NUM (ARRAY_SIZE(et_tx_stats))
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index 6691d75b6cca0ee4c96cdb6c723c55ba05df2f71..0a168e3d47ab1603e99cba4f53805c1b97f9b5a3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -935,8 +935,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t be_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	u32 start = txq->head;
 
 	skb = be_xmit_workarounds(adapter, skb, &skip_hw_vlan);
-	if (!skb)
+	if (!skb) {
+		tx_stats(txo)->tx_drv_drops++;
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+	}
 
 	wrb_cnt = wrb_cnt_for_skb(adapter, skb, &dummy_wrb);
 
@@ -965,6 +967,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t be_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 		be_tx_stats_update(txo, wrb_cnt, copied, gso_segs, stopped);
 	} else {
 		txq->head = start;
+		tx_stats(txo)->tx_drv_drops++;
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 	}
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;