if (likely(urb->actual_length != 0)) {
                skb_put(skb, urb->actual_length);
 
+               /* Process the command first */
+               ath9k_htc_rx_msg(hif_dev->htc_handle, skb,
+                                skb->len, USB_REG_IN_PIPE);
+
+
                nskb = alloc_skb(MAX_REG_IN_BUF_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
-               if (!nskb)
-                       goto resubmit;
+               if (!nskb) {
+                       dev_err(&hif_dev->udev->dev,
+                               "ath9k_htc: REG_IN memory allocation failure\n");
+                       urb->context = NULL;
+                       return;
+               }
 
                usb_fill_int_urb(urb, hif_dev->udev,
                                 usb_rcvintpipe(hif_dev->udev, USB_REG_IN_PIPE),
                ret = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
                if (ret) {
                        kfree_skb(nskb);
-                       goto free;
+                       urb->context = NULL;
                }
 
-               ath9k_htc_rx_msg(hif_dev->htc_handle, skb,
-                                skb->len, USB_REG_IN_PIPE);
-
                return;
        }