diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
index 85fe2b3bd37ac6b4b46d1bb0e5a2ac7cfa6f0235..8dc9e92e05d2c1722922846cae2e45cd09a4fa54 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ axienet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 	num_frag = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
 	cur_p = &lp->tx_bd_v[lp->tx_bd_tail];
 
-	if (axienet_check_tx_bd_space(lp, num_frag)) {
+	if (axienet_check_tx_bd_space(lp, num_frag + 1)) {
 		if (netif_queue_stopped(ndev))
 			return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
 
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ axienet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 		smp_mb();
 
 		/* Space might have just been freed - check again */
-		if (axienet_check_tx_bd_space(lp, num_frag))
+		if (axienet_check_tx_bd_space(lp, num_frag + 1))
 			return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
 
 		netif_wake_queue(ndev);