diff --git a/drivers/net/rtl8139.c b/drivers/net/rtl8139.c
index d798e31a..469f332e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/rtl8139.c
+++ b/drivers/net/rtl8139.c
@@ -178,8 +178,10 @@ static void rtl_rx_inthandler(struct netif* netif)
 #if ETH_PAD_SIZE
 				pbuf_header(p, ETH_PAD_SIZE); /* reclaim the padding word */
 #endif
-				rtl8139if_input(netif, p);
 				LINK_STATS_INC(link.recv);
+
+				// forward packet to LwIP
+				rtl8139if_input(netif, p);
 			} else {
 				LWIP_DEBUGF(NETIF_DEBUG, ("rtl8139if_rx_inthandler: not enough memory!\n"));
 				rtl8139if->rx_pos += (rtl8139if->rx_pos + length) % RX_BUF_LEN;
@@ -289,7 +291,7 @@ err_t rtl8139if_init(struct netif* netif)
 	memset(rtl8139if, 0, sizeof(rtl1839if_t));
 
 	/* allocate the receive buffer */
-	rtl8139if->rx_buffer = mem_allocation(RX_BUF_LEN + 1500 /*MTU*/ + 16 /* header size */, MAP_KERNEL_SPACE|MAP_NO_CACHE);
+	rtl8139if->rx_buffer = mem_allocation(RX_BUF_LEN + 1500 /* MTU */ + 16 /* header size */, MAP_KERNEL_SPACE|MAP_NO_CACHE);
 	if (!(rtl8139if->rx_buffer)) {
 		LWIP_DEBUGF(NETIF_DEBUG, ("rtl8139if_init: out of memory\n"));
 		kfree(rtl8139if, sizeof(rtl1839if_t));