diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bnad.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bnad.c
index 669eeb4eb2476..f051783f5882f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bnad.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bnad.c
@@ -674,6 +674,7 @@ bnad_cq_process(struct bnad *bnad, struct bna_ccb *ccb, int budget)
 			if (!next_cmpl->valid)
 				break;
 		}
+		packets++;
 
 		/* TODO: BNA_CQ_EF_LOCAL ? */
 		if (unlikely(flags & (BNA_CQ_EF_MAC_ERROR |
@@ -690,7 +691,6 @@ bnad_cq_process(struct bnad *bnad, struct bna_ccb *ccb, int budget)
 		else
 			bnad_cq_setup_skb_frags(rcb, skb, sop_ci, nvecs, len);
 
-		packets++;
 		rcb->rxq->rx_packets++;
 		rcb->rxq->rx_bytes += totlen;
 		ccb->bytes_per_intr += totlen;