diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 9c6438d3b3a5be52fe3cd02f97481964b6bcedf7..110a0d0eaabb5166238b5da4b8bafd4185e072b8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -3204,9 +3204,6 @@ static int ibmvnic_complete_tx(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 
 		next = ibmvnic_next_scrq(adapter, scrq);
 		for (i = 0; i < next->tx_comp.num_comps; i++) {
-			if (next->tx_comp.rcs[i])
-				dev_err(dev, "tx error %x\n",
-					next->tx_comp.rcs[i]);
 			index = be32_to_cpu(next->tx_comp.correlators[i]);
 			if (index & IBMVNIC_TSO_POOL_MASK) {
 				tx_pool = &adapter->tso_pool[pool];
@@ -3220,7 +3217,13 @@ static int ibmvnic_complete_tx(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 			num_entries += txbuff->num_entries;
 			if (txbuff->skb) {
 				total_bytes += txbuff->skb->len;
-				dev_consume_skb_irq(txbuff->skb);
+				if (next->tx_comp.rcs[i]) {
+					dev_err(dev, "tx error %x\n",
+						next->tx_comp.rcs[i]);
+					dev_kfree_skb_irq(txbuff->skb);
+				} else {
+					dev_consume_skb_irq(txbuff->skb);
+				}
 				txbuff->skb = NULL;
 			} else {
 				netdev_warn(adapter->netdev,