diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/alacritech/slicoss.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/alacritech/slicoss.c
index 15a8096c60dfe51b9e5cf4929689be68b73e9745..0b60921c392f4d08c74c4cc8e8f0e72575b5853e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/alacritech/slicoss.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/alacritech/slicoss.c
@@ -355,10 +355,10 @@ static void slic_xmit_complete(struct slic_device *sdev)
 {
 	struct slic_tx_queue *txq = &sdev->txq;
 	struct net_device *dev = sdev->netdev;
-	unsigned int idx = txq->done_idx;
 	struct slic_tx_buffer *buff;
 	unsigned int frames = 0;
 	unsigned int bytes = 0;
+	unsigned int idx;
 
 	/* Limit processing to SLIC_MAX_TX_COMPLETIONS frames to avoid that new
 	 * completions during processing keeps the loop running endlessly.