diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
index f8b3d53bccad..d0c0c0ec8a80 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
@@ -2120,14 +2120,12 @@ static netdev_tx_t airoha_dev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 error_unmap:
-	while (!list_empty(&tx_list)) {
-		e = list_first_entry(&tx_list, struct airoha_queue_entry,
-				     list);
+	list_for_each_entry(e, &tx_list, list) {
 		dma_unmap_single(dev->dev.parent, e->dma_addr, e->dma_len,
 				 DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 		e->dma_addr = 0;
-		list_move_tail(&e->list, &q->tx_list);
 	}
+	list_splice(&tx_list, &q->tx_list);
 
 	spin_unlock_bh(&q->lock);
 error: