diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index e95ae0d39948..0676fc547b6f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -2408,6 +2408,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	dma_addr_t data_dma_addr;
 	struct netdev_queue *txq;
 	unsigned long lpar_rc;
+	unsigned int skblen;
 	union sub_crq tx_crq;
 	unsigned int offset;
 	bool use_scrq_send_direct = false;
@@ -2522,6 +2523,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	tx_buff->skb = skb;
 	tx_buff->index = bufidx;
 	tx_buff->pool_index = queue_num;
+	skblen = skb->len;
 
 	memset(&tx_crq, 0, sizeof(tx_crq));
 	tx_crq.v1.first = IBMVNIC_CRQ_CMD;
@@ -2614,7 +2616,7 @@ early_exit:
 		netif_stop_subqueue(netdev, queue_num);
 	}
 
-	tx_bytes += skb->len;
+	tx_bytes += skblen;
 	txq_trans_cond_update(txq);
 	ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	goto out;