diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index da44bb1331ff..d43e62ebc2fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -373,14 +373,13 @@ static netdev_tx_t veth_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	if (likely(veth_forward_skb(rcv, skb, rq, use_napi) == NET_RX_SUCCESS)) {
 		if (!use_napi)
 			dev_lstats_add(dev, length);
+		else
+			__veth_xdp_flush(rq);
 	} else {
 drop:
 		atomic64_inc(&priv->dropped);
 	}
 
-	if (use_napi)
-		__veth_xdp_flush(rq);
-
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;