diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 34d9fb5794d7..01ccf10185ee 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 658924dc9ae2ca8e3c46f36306f5dbd501cf4688
+refs/heads/master: 44da29d26bb8df3b0411ba902f2bc9b973ea38e4
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c b/trunk/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c
index ee5109a3cd98..42f067347bc7 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c
@@ -495,14 +495,14 @@ xpnet_dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		}
 	}
 
+	dev->stats.tx_packets++;
+	dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
+
 	if (atomic_dec_return(&queued_msg->use_count) == 0) {
 		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 		kfree(queued_msg);
 	}
 
-	dev->stats.tx_packets++;
-	dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
-
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }