diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
index f01b455783b2..7991705e9d13 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ mt76_dma_rx_cleanup(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct mt76_queue *q)
 	bool more;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&q->lock);
+
 	do {
 		buf = mt76_dma_dequeue(dev, q, true, NULL, NULL, &more);
 		if (!buf)
@@ -483,6 +484,12 @@ mt76_dma_rx_cleanup(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct mt76_queue *q)
 
 		skb_free_frag(buf);
 	} while (1);
+
+	if (q->rx_head) {
+		dev_kfree_skb(q->rx_head);
+		q->rx_head = NULL;
+	}
+
 	spin_unlock_bh(&q->lock);
 
 	if (!q->rx_page.va)
@@ -505,12 +512,6 @@ mt76_dma_rx_reset(struct mt76_dev *dev, enum mt76_rxq_id qid)
 	mt76_dma_rx_cleanup(dev, q);
 	mt76_dma_sync_idx(dev, q);
 	mt76_dma_rx_fill(dev, q);
-
-	if (!q->rx_head)
-		return;
-
-	dev_kfree_skb(q->rx_head);
-	q->rx_head = NULL;
 }
 
 static void