1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/lib82596.c b/drivers/net/lib82596.c
index 61c38ab4c247..de856d8abc90 100644
--- a/drivers/net/lib82596.c
+++ b/drivers/net/lib82596.c
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ static void i596_tx_timeout (struct net_device *dev)
                 lp->last_restart = dev->stats.tx_packets;
         }
 
-        dev->trans_start = jiffies;
+        dev->trans_start = jiffies; /* prevent tx timeout */
         netif_wake_queue (dev);
 }
 
@@ -974,7 +974,6 @@ static int i596_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
         struct tx_cmd *tx_cmd;
         struct i596_tbd *tbd;
         short length = skb->len;
-        dev->trans_start = jiffies;
 
         DEB(DEB_STARTTX, printk(KERN_DEBUG
                                 "%s: i596_start_xmit(%x,%p) called\n",