diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
index a1702f4ac6ff..36fc9427418f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
@@ -1185,11 +1185,8 @@ static void sh_eth_ring_format(struct net_device *ndev)
 			break;
 		sh_eth_set_receive_align(skb);
 
-		/* RX descriptor */
-		rxdesc = &mdp->rx_ring[i];
 		/* The size of the buffer is a multiple of 32 bytes. */
 		buf_len = ALIGN(mdp->rx_buf_sz, 32);
-		rxdesc->len = cpu_to_edmac(mdp, buf_len << 16);
 		dma_addr = dma_map_single(&ndev->dev, skb->data, buf_len,
 					  DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 		if (dma_mapping_error(&ndev->dev, dma_addr)) {
@@ -1197,6 +1194,10 @@ static void sh_eth_ring_format(struct net_device *ndev)
 			break;
 		}
 		mdp->rx_skbuff[i] = skb;
+
+		/* RX descriptor */
+		rxdesc = &mdp->rx_ring[i];
+		rxdesc->len = cpu_to_edmac(mdp, buf_len << 16);
 		rxdesc->addr = cpu_to_edmac(mdp, dma_addr);
 		rxdesc->status = cpu_to_edmac(mdp, RD_RACT | RD_RFP);