diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_ring.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_ring.c
index 350e385528fd..63ed00415904 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_ring.c
@@ -223,10 +223,10 @@ void aq_ring_queue_stop(struct aq_ring_s *ring)
 bool aq_ring_tx_clean(struct aq_ring_s *self)
 {
 	struct device *dev = aq_nic_get_dev(self->aq_nic);
-	unsigned int budget = AQ_CFG_TX_CLEAN_BUDGET;
+	unsigned int budget;
 
-	for (; self->sw_head != self->hw_head && budget--;
-		self->sw_head = aq_ring_next_dx(self, self->sw_head)) {
+	for (budget = AQ_CFG_TX_CLEAN_BUDGET;
+	     budget && self->sw_head != self->hw_head; budget--) {
 		struct aq_ring_buff_s *buff = &self->buff_ring[self->sw_head];
 
 		if (likely(buff->is_mapped)) {
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ bool aq_ring_tx_clean(struct aq_ring_s *self)
 
 		buff->pa = 0U;
 		buff->eop_index = 0xffffU;
+		self->sw_head = aq_ring_next_dx(self, self->sw_head);
 	}
 
 	return !!budget;