diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d4cbaa12fe4f..dc725591d7b1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 692e084e773b76c30a3e5d823db131ed1a15924a
+refs/heads/master: 7db1d946c4db748b631fe4885110349cc259987f
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c
index 82b129b77758..efbc8a0913d4 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c
@@ -494,8 +494,9 @@ int netvsc_send(struct hv_device *device,
 	if (ret != 0)
 		netdev_err(ndev, "Unable to send packet %p ret %d\n",
 			   packet, ret);
+	else
+		atomic_inc(&net_device->num_outstanding_sends);
 
-	atomic_inc(&net_device->num_outstanding_sends);
 	return ret;
 }