diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index e14ec75b61d607..482c6c8b0fb7e0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -887,9 +887,9 @@ static int xennet_set_skb_gso(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static RING_IDX xennet_fill_frags(struct netfront_queue *queue,
-				  struct sk_buff *skb,
-				  struct sk_buff_head *list)
+static int xennet_fill_frags(struct netfront_queue *queue,
+			     struct sk_buff *skb,
+			     struct sk_buff_head *list)
 {
 	RING_IDX cons = queue->rx.rsp_cons;
 	struct sk_buff *nskb;
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ static RING_IDX xennet_fill_frags(struct netfront_queue *queue,
 		if (unlikely(skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags >= MAX_SKB_FRAGS)) {
 			queue->rx.rsp_cons = ++cons + skb_queue_len(list);
 			kfree_skb(nskb);
-			return ~0U;
+			return -ENOENT;
 		}
 
 		skb_add_rx_frag(skb, skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags,
@@ -919,7 +919,9 @@ static RING_IDX xennet_fill_frags(struct netfront_queue *queue,
 		kfree_skb(nskb);
 	}
 
-	return cons;
+	queue->rx.rsp_cons = cons;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int checksum_setup(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -1045,8 +1047,7 @@ static int xennet_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 		skb->data_len = rx->status;
 		skb->len += rx->status;
 
-		i = xennet_fill_frags(queue, skb, &tmpq);
-		if (unlikely(i == ~0U))
+		if (unlikely(xennet_fill_frags(queue, skb, &tmpq)))
 			goto err;
 
 		if (rx->flags & XEN_NETRXF_csum_blank)
@@ -1056,7 +1057,7 @@ static int xennet_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 
 		__skb_queue_tail(&rxq, skb);
 
-		queue->rx.rsp_cons = ++i;
+		i = ++queue->rx.rsp_cons;
 		work_done++;
 	}