diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_rx.c
index afa3b92a6905..0d5a41a2ae01 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_rx.c
@@ -245,12 +245,6 @@ static bool mlxbf_gige_rx_packet(struct mlxbf_gige *priv, int *rx_pkts)
 
 		skb = priv->rx_skb[rx_pi_rem];
 
-		skb_put(skb, datalen);
-
-		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE; /* device did not checksum packet */
-
-		skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, netdev);
-
 		/* Alloc another RX SKB for this same index */
 		rx_skb = mlxbf_gige_alloc_skb(priv, MLXBF_GIGE_DEFAULT_BUF_SZ,
 					      &rx_buf_dma, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
@@ -259,6 +253,13 @@ static bool mlxbf_gige_rx_packet(struct mlxbf_gige *priv, int *rx_pkts)
 		priv->rx_skb[rx_pi_rem] = rx_skb;
 		dma_unmap_single(priv->dev, *rx_wqe_addr,
 				 MLXBF_GIGE_DEFAULT_BUF_SZ, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+
+		skb_put(skb, datalen);
+
+		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE; /* device did not checksum packet */
+
+		skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, netdev);
+
 		*rx_wqe_addr = rx_buf_dma;
 	} else if (rx_cqe & MLXBF_GIGE_RX_CQE_PKT_STATUS_MAC_ERR) {
 		priv->stats.rx_mac_errors++;