diff --git a/drivers/net/dl2k.c b/drivers/net/dl2k.c
index e1a8216ff692..c05db6046050 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dl2k.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dl2k.c
@@ -1753,8 +1753,6 @@ rio_close (struct net_device *dev)
 
 	/* Free all the skbuffs in the queue. */
 	for (i = 0; i < RX_RING_SIZE; i++) {
-		np->rx_ring[i].status = 0;
-		np->rx_ring[i].fraginfo = 0;
 		skb = np->rx_skbuff[i];
 		if (skb) {
 			pci_unmap_single(np->pdev,
@@ -1763,6 +1761,8 @@ rio_close (struct net_device *dev)
 			dev_kfree_skb (skb);
 			np->rx_skbuff[i] = NULL;
 		}
+		np->rx_ring[i].status = 0;
+		np->rx_ring[i].fraginfo = 0;
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i < TX_RING_SIZE; i++) {
 		skb = np->tx_skbuff[i];