1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/8139too.c b/drivers/net/8139too.c
index 120baaa90754..d2102a27d307 100644
--- a/drivers/net/8139too.c
+++ b/drivers/net/8139too.c
@@ -1598,13 +1598,19 @@ static void rtl8139_thread (void *_data)
 {
         struct net_device *dev = _data;
         struct rtl8139_private *tp = netdev_priv(dev);
+        unsigned long thr_delay;
 
         if (rtnl_shlock_nowait() == 0) {
                 rtl8139_thread_iter (dev, tp, tp->mmio_addr);
                 rtnl_unlock ();
+
+                thr_delay = next_tick;
+        } else {
+                /* unlikely race.  mitigate with fast poll. */
+                thr_delay = HZ / 2;
         }
 
-        schedule_delayed_work(&tp->thread, next_tick);
+        schedule_delayed_work(&tp->thread, thr_delay);
 }
 
 static void rtl8139_start_thread(struct rtl8139_private *tp)