diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
index 6f9e3ddff4a8..660429ebfbe1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
@@ -408,7 +408,11 @@ static netdev_tx_t mlxsw_sp_port_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 
 	mlxsw_sp_txhdr_construct(skb, &tx_info);
-	len = skb->len;
+	/* TX header is consumed by HW on the way so we shouldn't count its
+	 * bytes as being sent.
+	 */
+	len = skb->len - MLXSW_TXHDR_LEN;
+
 	/* Due to a race we might fail here because of a full queue. In that
 	 * unlikely case we simply drop the packet.
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c
index 3842eab9449a..25f658b3849a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c
@@ -316,7 +316,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t mlxsw_sx_port_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		}
 	}
 	mlxsw_sx_txhdr_construct(skb, &tx_info);
-	len = skb->len;
+	/* TX header is consumed by HW on the way so we shouldn't count its
+	 * bytes as being sent.
+	 */
+	len = skb->len - MLXSW_TXHDR_LEN;
 	/* Due to a race we might fail here because of a full queue. In that
 	 * unlikely case we simply drop the packet.
 	 */