diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8058eadbb911..159267c8c2fd 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e5dcf6dcde26ffdbd237dda4956bc6d7115dfae6
+refs/heads/master: f127f4727f3f60359570b6daa136ac1156e38fbf
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
index 916570db3aa4..006a693d49a7 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
@@ -2290,11 +2290,11 @@ qlcnic_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	if (adapter->mac_learn)
 		qlcnic_send_filter(adapter, tx_ring, first_desc, skb);
 
-	qlcnic_update_cmd_producer(adapter, tx_ring);
-
 	adapter->stats.txbytes += skb->len;
 	adapter->stats.xmitcalled++;
 
+	qlcnic_update_cmd_producer(adapter, tx_ring);
+
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 unwind_buff: