diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgb3/sge.c b/drivers/net/cxgb3/sge.c
index 3666586a4831..eaa7dace4182 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgb3/sge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgb3/sge.c
@@ -1690,8 +1690,8 @@ static void rx_eth(struct adapter *adap, struct sge_rspq *rq,
 	struct port_info *pi;
 
 	skb_pull(skb, sizeof(*p) + pad);
-	skb->dev->last_rx = jiffies;
 	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, adap->port[p->iff]);
+	skb->dev->last_rx = jiffies;
 	pi = netdev_priv(skb->dev);
 	if (pi->rx_csum_offload && p->csum_valid && p->csum == 0xffff &&
 	    !p->fragment) {