diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 89b36c928b0ed7ac7ef56009dbd9145f5ae9c392..fe3bf800b134b48f18281eb889c40148c29ab549 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -1552,6 +1552,7 @@ 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;
 	int num_entries = 1;
@@ -1647,6 +1648,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	tx_buff->index = index;
 	tx_buff->pool_index = queue_num;
 	tx_buff->last_frag = true;
+	skblen = skb->len;
 
 	memset(&tx_crq, 0, sizeof(tx_crq));
 	tx_crq.v1.first = IBMVNIC_CRQ_CMD;
@@ -1749,8 +1751,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	}
 
 	tx_packets++;
-	tx_bytes += skb->len;
+	tx_bytes += skblen;
 	txq->trans_start = jiffies;
+	txq_trans_cond_update(txq);
 	ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	goto out;