diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index 57a2e76835c0..f95e7cadb01b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -1291,11 +1291,10 @@ static void mvneta_txq_bufs_free(struct mvneta_port *pp,
 
 		mvneta_txq_inc_get(txq);
 
-		if (!skb)
-			continue;
-
 		dma_unmap_single(pp->dev->dev.parent, tx_desc->buf_phys_addr,
 				 tx_desc->data_size, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+		if (!skb)
+			continue;
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 	}
 }