diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index d45d83968e76..5aad0ccd4aa0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -412,14 +412,12 @@ static bool xennet_tx_buf_gc(struct netfront_queue *queue)
 			queue->tx_link[id] = TX_LINK_NONE;
 			skb = queue->tx_skbs[id];
 			queue->tx_skbs[id] = NULL;
-			if (unlikely(gnttab_query_foreign_access(
-				queue->grant_tx_ref[id]) != 0)) {
+			if (unlikely(!gnttab_end_foreign_access_ref(
+				queue->grant_tx_ref[id], GNTMAP_readonly))) {
 				dev_alert(dev,
 					  "Grant still in use by backend domain\n");
 				goto err;
 			}
-			gnttab_end_foreign_access_ref(
-				queue->grant_tx_ref[id], GNTMAP_readonly);
 			gnttab_release_grant_reference(
 				&queue->gref_tx_head, queue->grant_tx_ref[id]);
 			queue->grant_tx_ref[id] = GRANT_INVALID_REF;