diff --git a/net/dsa/tag_brcm.c b/net/dsa/tag_brcm.c
index 76d55a80f3b9..98074338cd83 100644
--- a/net/dsa/tag_brcm.c
+++ b/net/dsa/tag_brcm.c
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *brcm_tag_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev
 		brcm_tag[2] = BRCM_IG_DSTMAP2_MASK;
 	brcm_tag[3] = (1 << p->port) & BRCM_IG_DSTMAP1_MASK;
 
-	skb->offload_fwd_mark = 1;
-
 	return skb;
 
 out_free:
@@ -148,6 +146,8 @@ static int brcm_tag_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	skb->dev->stats.rx_packets++;
 	skb->dev->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
 
+	skb->offload_fwd_mark = 1;
+
 	netif_receive_skb(skb);
 
 	return 0;