1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/pcmcia/3c574_cs.c b/drivers/net/pcmcia/3c574_cs.c
index 757f87bb1db3..b6d9313cec00 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcmcia/3c574_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcmcia/3c574_cs.c
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ static void el3_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev)
         printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: Transmit timed out!\n", dev->name);
         dump_status(dev);
         dev->stats.tx_errors++;
-        dev->trans_start = jiffies;
+        dev->trans_start = jiffies; /* prevent tx timeout */
         /* Issue TX_RESET and TX_START commands. */
         tc574_wait_for_completion(dev, TxReset);
         outw(TxEnable, ioaddr + EL3_CMD);
@@ -790,8 +790,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t el3_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
         /* ... and the packet rounded to a doubleword. */
         outsl(ioaddr + TX_FIFO, skb->data, (skb->len+3)>>2);
 
-        dev->trans_start = jiffies;
-
         /* TxFree appears only in Window 1, not offset 0x1c. */
         if (inw(ioaddr + TxFree) <= 1536) {
                 netif_stop_queue(dev);