1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index f0c2824f5e0f..9359a13d285a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
                 }
         }
 
-        if (!skb->xmit_more)
+        if (__netif_subqueue_stopped(dev, qnum) || !skb->xmit_more)
                 virtqueue_kick(sq->vq);
 
         return NETDEV_TX_OK;