1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/tg3.c b/drivers/net/tg3.c
index 1828a6bf8458..47bd4a394420 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tg3.c
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@
 
 #define DRV_MODULE_NAME         "tg3"
 #define PFX DRV_MODULE_NAME     ": "
-#define DRV_MODULE_VERSION      "3.43"
-#define DRV_MODULE_RELDATE      "Oct 24, 2005"
+#define DRV_MODULE_VERSION      "3.44"
+#define DRV_MODULE_RELDATE      "Dec 6, 2005"
 
 #define TG3_DEF_MAC_MODE        0
 #define TG3_DEF_RX_MODE         0
@@ -3565,12 +3565,15 @@ static int tg3_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
         if (!spin_trylock(&tp->tx_lock))
                 return NETDEV_TX_LOCKED; 
 
-        /* This is a hard error, log it. */
         if (unlikely(TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(tp) <= (skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags + 1))) {
-                netif_stop_queue(dev);
+                if (!netif_queue_stopped(dev)) {
+                        netif_stop_queue(dev);
+
+                        /* This is a hard error, log it. */
+                        printk(KERN_ERR PFX "%s: BUG! Tx Ring full when "
+                               "queue awake!\n", dev->name);
+                }
                 spin_unlock(&tp->tx_lock);
-                printk(KERN_ERR PFX "%s: BUG! Tx Ring full when queue awake!\n",
-                       dev->name);
                 return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
         }