diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rswitch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rswitch.c
index 29afaddb598db..aace87139cea1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rswitch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rswitch.c
@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t rswitch_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *nd
 
 	if (rswitch_get_num_cur_queues(gq) >= gq->ring_size - 1) {
 		netif_stop_subqueue(ndev, 0);
-		return ret;
+		return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
 	}
 
 	if (skb_put_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN))