diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/ctcmain.c b/drivers/s390/net/ctcmain.c
index 97adc701a819404da67bcbd6c55f973b868212ae..77a503139e327fe7d1597c8aec6bf43b0301b438 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/ctcmain.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/ctcmain.c
@@ -478,14 +478,14 @@ ctc_unpack_skb(struct channel *ch, struct sk_buff *pskb)
 		skb->dev = pskb->dev;
 		skb->protocol = pskb->protocol;
 		pskb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
-		netif_rx_ni(skb);
 		/**
-		 * Successful rx; reset logflags
+		 * reset logflags
 		 */
 		ch->logflags = 0;
-		dev->last_rx = jiffies;
 		privptr->stats.rx_packets++;
 		privptr->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
+		netif_rx_ni(skb);
+		dev->last_rx = jiffies;
 		if (len > 0) {
 			skb_pull(pskb, header->length);
 			if (skb_tailroom(pskb) < LL_HEADER_LENGTH) {
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/netiucv.c b/drivers/s390/net/netiucv.c
index 4d18d6419ddc016fd08560bdef7f46af58335b5b..c7ea9381db9f63050b8589ee05faa466d295120e 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/netiucv.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/netiucv.c
@@ -639,14 +639,14 @@ static void netiucv_unpack_skb(struct iucv_connection *conn,
 		skb->dev = pskb->dev;
 		skb->protocol = pskb->protocol;
 		pskb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
+		privptr->stats.rx_packets++;
+		privptr->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
 		/*
 		 * Since receiving is always initiated from a tasklet (in iucv.c),
 		 * we must use netif_rx_ni() instead of netif_rx()
 		 */
 		netif_rx_ni(skb);
 		dev->last_rx = jiffies;
-		privptr->stats.rx_packets++;
-		privptr->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
 		skb_pull(pskb, header->next);
 		skb_put(pskb, NETIUCV_HDRLEN);
 	}