diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
index 262c40dc14a6..665a03ebf9ef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
@@ -355,7 +355,6 @@ mt76_dma_tx_queue_skb(struct mt76_dev *dev, enum mt76_txq_id qid,
 	};
 	struct ieee80211_hw *hw;
 	int len, n = 0, ret = -ENOMEM;
-	struct mt76_queue_entry e;
 	struct mt76_txwi_cache *t;
 	struct sk_buff *iter;
 	dma_addr_t addr;
@@ -397,6 +396,11 @@ mt76_dma_tx_queue_skb(struct mt76_dev *dev, enum mt76_txq_id qid,
 	}
 	tx_info.nbuf = n;
 
+	if (q->queued + (tx_info.nbuf + 1) / 2 >= q->ndesc - 1) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto unmap;
+	}
+
 	dma_sync_single_for_cpu(dev->dev, t->dma_addr, dev->drv->txwi_size,
 				DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 	ret = dev->drv->tx_prepare_skb(dev, txwi, qid, wcid, sta, &tx_info);
@@ -405,11 +409,6 @@ mt76_dma_tx_queue_skb(struct mt76_dev *dev, enum mt76_txq_id qid,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto unmap;
 
-	if (q->queued + (tx_info.nbuf + 1) / 2 >= q->ndesc - 1) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto unmap;
-	}
-
 	return mt76_dma_add_buf(dev, q, tx_info.buf, tx_info.nbuf,
 				tx_info.info, tx_info.skb, t);
 
@@ -425,9 +424,7 @@ free:
 		dev->test.tx_done--;
 #endif
 
-	e.skb = tx_info.skb;
-	e.txwi = t;
-	dev->drv->tx_complete_skb(dev, &e);
+	dev_kfree_skb(tx_info.skb);
 	mt76_put_txwi(dev, t);
 	return ret;
 }