diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 8741513b152d..84de1134d581 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -4728,10 +4728,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t stmmac_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	/* Check if VLAN can be inserted by HW */
 	has_vlan = stmmac_vlan_insert(priv, skb, tx_q);
 
-	entry = tx_q->cur_tx;
-	first_entry = entry;
-	WARN_ON(tx_q->tx_skbuff[first_entry]);
-
 	csum_insertion = (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL);
 	/* DWMAC IPs can be synthesized to support tx coe only for a few tx
 	 * queues. In that case, checksum offloading for those queues that don't
@@ -4748,6 +4744,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t stmmac_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		csum_insertion = !csum_insertion;
 	}
 
+	entry = tx_q->cur_tx;
+	first_entry = entry;
+	WARN_ON(tx_q->tx_skbuff[first_entry]);
+
 	desc = stmmac_get_tx_desc(priv, tx_q, entry);
 	first_desc = desc;