1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 50fcf9c04569..73ebbb1a3269 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -932,8 +932,10 @@ static void sender(void                *send_info,
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&smi_info->msg_lock, flags);
 
         spin_lock_irqsave(&smi_info->si_lock, flags);
-        if (smi_info->si_state == SI_NORMAL && smi_info->curr_msg == NULL)
+        if (smi_info->si_state == SI_NORMAL && smi_info->curr_msg == NULL) {
                 start_next_msg(smi_info);
+                smi_event_handler(smi_info, 0);
+        }
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&smi_info->si_lock, flags);
 }