diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 019da012669f..4de2760c5937 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -625,12 +625,13 @@ static netdev_tx_t start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	/* This can happen with OOM and indirect buffers. */
 	if (unlikely(capacity < 0)) {
-		if (net_ratelimit()) {
-			if (likely(capacity == -ENOMEM)) {
+		if (likely(capacity == -ENOMEM)) {
+			if (net_ratelimit()) {
 				dev_warn(&dev->dev,
 					 "TX queue failure: out of memory\n");
 			} else {
-				dev->stats.tx_fifo_errors++;
+			dev->stats.tx_fifo_errors++;
+			if (net_ratelimit())
 				dev_warn(&dev->dev,
 					 "Unexpected TX queue failure: %d\n",
 					 capacity);