1 files changed, 2 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c b/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c
index 2b01ec8651c2..b63ce023f96f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c
@@ -173,16 +173,8 @@ retry:
                 clear_bit_unlock(USB_SERIAL_WRITE_BUSY, &port->flags);
                 return result;
         }
-        /*
-         * Try sending off another urb, unless called from completion handler
-         * (in which case there will be no free urb or no data).
-         */
-        if (mem_flags != GFP_ATOMIC)
-                goto retry;
 
-        clear_bit_unlock(USB_SERIAL_WRITE_BUSY, &port->flags);
-
-        return 0;
+        goto retry;     /* try sending off another urb */
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_serial_generic_write_start);
 
@@ -208,7 +200,7 @@ int usb_serial_generic_write(struct tty_struct *tty,
                 return 0;
 
         count = kfifo_in_locked(&port->write_fifo, buf, count, &port->lock);
-        result = usb_serial_generic_write_start(port, GFP_KERNEL);
+        result = usb_serial_generic_write_start(port, GFP_ATOMIC);
         if (result)
                 return result;