diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h
index 5ff742103beb..fcd3aaef27fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 #define XAXIDMA_BD_HAS_DRE_MASK		0xF00 /* Whether has DRE mask */
 #define XAXIDMA_BD_WORDLEN_MASK		0xFF /* Whether has DRE mask */
 
-#define XAXIDMA_BD_CTRL_LENGTH_MASK	0x007FFFFF /* Requested len */
+#define XAXIDMA_BD_CTRL_LENGTH_MASK	GENMASK(25, 0) /* Requested len */
 #define XAXIDMA_BD_CTRL_TXSOF_MASK	0x08000000 /* First tx packet */
 #define XAXIDMA_BD_CTRL_TXEOF_MASK	0x04000000 /* Last tx packet */
 #define XAXIDMA_BD_CTRL_ALL_MASK	0x0C000000 /* All control bits */
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 #define XAXIDMA_BD_CTRL_TXEOF_MASK	0x04000000 /* Last tx packet */
 #define XAXIDMA_BD_CTRL_ALL_MASK	0x0C000000 /* All control bits */
 
-#define XAXIDMA_BD_STS_ACTUAL_LEN_MASK	0x007FFFFF /* Actual len */
+#define XAXIDMA_BD_STS_ACTUAL_LEN_MASK	GENMASK(25, 0) /* Actual len */
 #define XAXIDMA_BD_STS_COMPLETE_MASK	0x80000000 /* Completed */
 #define XAXIDMA_BD_STS_DEC_ERR_MASK	0x40000000 /* Decode error */
 #define XAXIDMA_BD_STS_SLV_ERR_MASK	0x20000000 /* Slave error */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
index b06e4c37ff61..263c4b67fd5a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
@@ -770,8 +770,8 @@ static int axienet_device_reset(struct net_device *ndev)
  * @first_bd:	Index of first descriptor to clean up
  * @nr_bds:	Max number of descriptors to clean up
  * @force:	Whether to clean descriptors even if not complete
- * @sizep:	Pointer to a u32 filled with the total sum of all bytes
- *		in all cleaned-up descriptors. Ignored if NULL.
+ * @sizep:	Pointer to a u32 accumulating the total byte count of
+ *		completed packets (using skb->len). Ignored if NULL.
  * @budget:	NAPI budget (use 0 when not called from NAPI poll)
  *
  * Would either be called after a successful transmit operation, or after
@@ -805,6 +805,8 @@ static int axienet_free_tx_chain(struct axienet_local *lp, u32 first_bd,
 				 DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 
 		if (cur_p->skb && (status & XAXIDMA_BD_STS_COMPLETE_MASK)) {
+			if (sizep)
+				*sizep += cur_p->skb->len;
 			napi_consume_skb(cur_p->skb, budget);
 			packets++;
 		}
@@ -818,9 +820,6 @@ static int axienet_free_tx_chain(struct axienet_local *lp, u32 first_bd,
 		wmb();
 		cur_p->cntrl = 0;
 		cur_p->status = 0;
-
-		if (sizep)
-			*sizep += status & XAXIDMA_BD_STS_ACTUAL_LEN_MASK;
 	}
 
 	if (!force) {