diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c
index 4406325fdd9f..ff3d68532f5f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static void arc_emac_tx_clean(struct net_device *ndev)
 				 dma_unmap_len(tx_buff, len), DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 
 		/* return the sk_buff to system */
-		dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
+		dev_consume_skb_irq(skb);
 
 		txbd->data = 0;
 		txbd->info = 0;