1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c b/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c
index 13ed8dc1e91d..55af32e9bf08 100644
--- a/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c
@@ -802,13 +802,14 @@ static void veth_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev)
 
         spin_lock_irqsave(&port->pending_gate, flags);
 
+        if (!port->pending_lpmask) {
+                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->pending_gate, flags);
+                return;
+        }
+
         printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Tx timeout!  Resetting lp connections: %08x\n",
                dev->name, port->pending_lpmask);
 
-        /* If we've timed out the queue must be stopped, which should
-         * only ever happen when there is a pending packet. */
-        WARN_ON(! port->pending_lpmask);
-
         for (i = 0; i < HVMAXARCHITECTEDLPS; i++) {
                 struct veth_lpar_connection *cnx = veth_cnx[i];