diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index a9c5eaa..0fcb5e7e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@
 	int  hdr_offset;
 	u32 net_trans_info;
 	u32 hash;
+	u32 skb_length = skb->len;
 
 
 	/* We will atmost need two pages to describe the rndis
@@ -562,7 +563,7 @@
 
 drop:
 	if (ret == 0) {
-		net->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
+		net->stats.tx_bytes += skb_length;
 		net->stats.tx_packets++;
 	} else {
 		kfree(packet);