diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c
index 97c1d1ecba34..b1971c4d5313 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ static void xemaclite_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int txqueue)
 	xemaclite_enable_interrupts(lp);
 
 	if (lp->deferred_skb) {
-		dev_kfree_skb(lp->deferred_skb);
+		dev_kfree_skb_irq(lp->deferred_skb);
 		lp->deferred_skb = NULL;
 		dev->stats.tx_errors++;
 	}