diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
index d940853acc0b6..1fcbcaa85ebdb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
@@ -924,13 +924,13 @@ axienet_start_xmit_dmaengine(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 	skbuf_dma->sg_len = sg_len;
 	dma_tx_desc->callback_param = lp;
 	dma_tx_desc->callback_result = axienet_dma_tx_cb;
-	dmaengine_submit(dma_tx_desc);
-	dma_async_issue_pending(lp->tx_chan);
 	txq = skb_get_tx_queue(lp->ndev, skb);
 	netdev_tx_sent_queue(txq, skb->len);
 	netif_txq_maybe_stop(txq, CIRC_SPACE(lp->tx_ring_head, lp->tx_ring_tail, TX_BD_NUM_MAX),
 			     MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1, 2 * MAX_SKB_FRAGS);
 
+	dmaengine_submit(dma_tx_desc);
+	dma_async_issue_pending(lp->tx_chan);
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 xmit_error_unmap_sg: