1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/sonic.c b/drivers/net/sonic.c
index e5d67327d707..26e25d7f5829 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sonic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sonic.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static void sonic_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev)
         /* Try to restart the adaptor. */
         sonic_init(dev);
         lp->stats.tx_errors++;
-        dev->trans_start = jiffies;
+        dev->trans_start = jiffies; /* prevent tx timeout */
         netif_wake_queue(dev);
 }
 
@@ -263,8 +263,6 @@ static int sonic_send_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
         SONIC_WRITE(SONIC_CMD, SONIC_CR_TXP);
 
-        dev->trans_start = jiffies;
-
         return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }