diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index 5123646..cb52f39 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -2929,6 +2929,12 @@
 	else if (tso)
 		tx_flags |= I40E_TX_FLAGS_TSO;
 
+	/* Always offload the checksum, since it's in the data descriptor */
+	tso = i40e_tx_enable_csum(skb, &tx_flags, &td_cmd, &td_offset,
+				  tx_ring, &cd_tunneling);
+	if (tso < 0)
+		goto out_drop;
+
 	tsyn = i40e_tsyn(tx_ring, skb, tx_flags, &cd_type_cmd_tso_mss);
 
 	if (tsyn)
@@ -2939,12 +2945,6 @@
 	/* always enable CRC insertion offload */
 	td_cmd |= I40E_TX_DESC_CMD_ICRC;
 
-	/* Always offload the checksum, since it's in the data descriptor */
-	tso = i40e_tx_enable_csum(skb, &tx_flags, &td_cmd, &td_offset,
-				  tx_ring, &cd_tunneling);
-	if (tso < 0)
-		goto out_drop;
-
 	i40e_create_tx_ctx(tx_ring, cd_type_cmd_tso_mss,
 			   cd_tunneling, cd_l2tag2);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
index 2369db5..ebcc25c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -2148,17 +2148,17 @@
 	else if (tso)
 		tx_flags |= I40E_TX_FLAGS_TSO;
 
-	skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
-
-	/* always enable CRC insertion offload */
-	td_cmd |= I40E_TX_DESC_CMD_ICRC;
-
 	/* Always offload the checksum, since it's in the data descriptor */
 	tso = i40e_tx_enable_csum(skb, &tx_flags, &td_cmd, &td_offset,
 				  tx_ring, &cd_tunneling);
 	if (tso < 0)
 		goto out_drop;
 
+	skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
+
+	/* always enable CRC insertion offload */
+	td_cmd |= I40E_TX_DESC_CMD_ICRC;
+
 	i40e_create_tx_ctx(tx_ring, cd_type_cmd_tso_mss,
 			   cd_tunneling, cd_l2tag2);