diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index 89d29d6d75175..a6d69a45fa014 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -732,9 +732,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t bnxt_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 tx_dma_error:
-	if (BNXT_TX_PTP_IS_SET(lflags))
-		atomic_inc(&bp->ptp_cfg->tx_avail);
-
 	last_frag = i;
 
 	/* start back at beginning and unmap skb */
@@ -756,6 +753,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t bnxt_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 tx_free:
 	dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 tx_kick_pending:
+	if (BNXT_TX_PTP_IS_SET(lflags))
+		atomic_inc(&bp->ptp_cfg->tx_avail);
 	if (txr->kick_pending)
 		bnxt_txr_db_kick(bp, txr, txr->tx_prod);
 	txr->tx_buf_ring[txr->tx_prod].skb = NULL;