diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2c83337d4e00..0b5b1795bd7b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e00f85bec0a9924eb517ccd126ddbb9787068f53
+refs/heads/master: 73151ce35bd6d56e61a87b2855193f82540bf3d3
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c b/trunk/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c
index a5d9b1c310b3..1b7d2c1c34b6 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ static int txq_submit_skb(struct tx_queue *txq, struct sk_buff *skb)
 static netdev_tx_t mv643xx_eth_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct mv643xx_eth_private *mp = netdev_priv(dev);
-	int queue;
+	int length, queue;
 	struct tx_queue *txq;
 	struct netdev_queue *nq;
 
@@ -881,10 +881,12 @@ static netdev_tx_t mv643xx_eth_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	}
 
+	length = skb->len;
+
 	if (!txq_submit_skb(txq, skb)) {
 		int entries_left;
 
-		txq->tx_bytes += skb->len;
+		txq->tx_bytes += length;
 		txq->tx_packets++;
 
 		entries_left = txq->tx_ring_size - txq->tx_desc_count;