Move update of the transmit statistics to the correct place.  This
would be just before starting transmission rather than (potentially
long) afterward.
Signed-off-by: Roger While <simrw@sim-basis.de>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
                priv->data_low_tx_full = 1;
        }
 
+       /* set the transmission time */
+       ndev->trans_start = jiffies;
+       priv->statistics.tx_packets++;
+       priv->statistics.tx_bytes += skb->len;
+
        /* trigger the device */
        islpci_trigger(priv);
 
        /* unlock the driver code */
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->slock, flags);
 
-       /* set the transmission time */
-       ndev->trans_start = jiffies;
-       priv->statistics.tx_packets++;
-       priv->statistics.tx_bytes += skb->len;
-
        return 0;
 
       drop_free: