diff --git a/drivers/net/3c59x.c b/drivers/net/3c59x.c
index be4f962d27b0f8ec305cc8d989f6c25f91d47725..413b82c5994cd94d9cf8356d0bce812511faab97 100644
--- a/drivers/net/3c59x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/3c59x.c
@@ -2608,8 +2608,8 @@ static int vortex_rx(struct net_device *dev)
 			} else if (vortex_debug > 0)
 				printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: No memory to allocate a sk_buff of "
 					   "size %d.\n", dev->name, pkt_len);
+			vp->stats.rx_dropped++;
 		}
-		vp->stats.rx_dropped++;
 		issue_and_wait(dev, RxDiscard);
 	}