diff --git a/sys/dev/rl/if_rl.c b/sys/dev/rl/if_rl.c
index bc23125e5e2..d9b79396b7c 100644
--- a/sys/dev/rl/if_rl.c
+++ b/sys/dev/rl/if_rl.c
@@ -1945,8 +1945,9 @@ rl_stop(struct rl_softc *sc)
 			    sc->rl_cdata.rl_tx_dmamap[i]);
 			m_freem(sc->rl_cdata.rl_tx_chain[i]);
 			sc->rl_cdata.rl_tx_chain[i] = NULL;
+			CSR_WRITE_4(sc, RL_TXADDR0 + (i * sizeof(uint32_t)),
+			    0x0000000);
 		}
-		CSR_WRITE_4(sc, RL_TXADDR0 + (i * sizeof(uint32_t)), 0x0000000);
 	}
 }