diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
index 875967e8d719..53c916ea06a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
@@ -1130,11 +1130,6 @@ static int bcmgenet_xmit_single(struct net_device *dev,
 
 	dmadesc_set(priv, tx_cb_ptr->bd_addr, mapping, length_status);
 
-	/* Decrement total BD count and advance our write pointer */
-	ring->free_bds -= 1;
-	ring->prod_index += 1;
-	ring->prod_index &= DMA_P_INDEX_MASK;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1173,11 +1168,6 @@ static int bcmgenet_xmit_frag(struct net_device *dev,
 		    (frag->size << DMA_BUFLENGTH_SHIFT) | dma_desc_flags |
 		    (priv->hw_params->qtag_mask << DMA_TX_QTAG_SHIFT));
 
-
-	ring->free_bds -= 1;
-	ring->prod_index += 1;
-	ring->prod_index &= DMA_P_INDEX_MASK;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1321,9 +1311,11 @@ static netdev_tx_t bcmgenet_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
 
-	/* we kept a software copy of how much we should advance the TDMA
-	 * producer index, now write it down to the hardware
-	 */
+	/* Decrement total BD count and advance our write pointer */
+	ring->free_bds -= nr_frags + 1;
+	ring->prod_index += nr_frags + 1;
+	ring->prod_index &= DMA_P_INDEX_MASK;
+
 	bcmgenet_tdma_ring_writel(priv, ring->index,
 				  ring->prod_index, TDMA_PROD_INDEX);