diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
index 4f01c6d..43712217 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 		net_warn_ratelimited("%s: dropped over-mtu packet: %d > %d\n",
 				     netdev_vport->dev->name,
 				     packet_length(skb), mtu);
-		goto error;
+		goto drop;
 	}
 
 	skb->dev = netdev_vport->dev;
@@ -179,9 +179,8 @@
 
 	return len;
 
-error:
+drop:
 	kfree_skb(skb);
-	ovs_vport_record_error(vport, VPORT_E_TX_DROPPED);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport.c b/net/openvswitch/vport.c
index 7206231..7f20f6d 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
 {
 	int sent = vport->ops->send(vport, skb);
 
-	if (likely(sent)) {
+	if (likely(sent > 0)) {
 		struct pcpu_tstats *stats;
 
 		stats = this_cpu_ptr(vport->percpu_stats);
@@ -360,7 +360,12 @@
 		stats->tx_packets++;
 		stats->tx_bytes += sent;
 		u64_stats_update_end(&stats->syncp);
-	}
+	} else if (sent < 0) {
+		ovs_vport_record_error(vport, VPORT_E_TX_ERROR);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+	} else
+		ovs_vport_record_error(vport, VPORT_E_TX_DROPPED);
+
 	return sent;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport.h b/net/openvswitch/vport.h
index 26c594b..1cef5cd 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport.h
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@
  * existing vport to a &struct sk_buff.  May be %NULL for a vport that does not
  * have any configuration.
  * @get_name: Get the device's name.
- * @send: Send a packet on the device.  Returns the length of the packet sent.
+ * @send: Send a packet on the device.  Returns the length of the packet sent,
+ * zero for dropped packets or negative for error.
  */
 struct vport_ops {
 	enum ovs_vport_type type;