1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index d83582623cd7..f69b2fcdee40 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5981,11 +5981,14 @@ bool napi_complete_done(struct napi_struct *n, int work_done)
                 if (work_done)
                         timeout = n->dev->gro_flush_timeout;
 
+                /* When the NAPI instance uses a timeout and keeps postponing
+                 * it, we need to bound somehow the time packets are kept in
+                 * the GRO layer
+                 */
+                napi_gro_flush(n, !!timeout);
                 if (timeout)
                         hrtimer_start(&n->timer, ns_to_ktime(timeout),
                                       HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
-                else
-                        napi_gro_flush(n, false);
         }
         if (unlikely(!list_empty(&n->poll_list))) {
                 /* If n->poll_list is not empty, we need to mask irqs */