1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 758dafe284c0..f8e74e511ce6 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -250,22 +250,23 @@ static void netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb)
                 unsigned long flags;
 
                 local_irq_save(flags);
-                if (netif_tx_trylock(dev)) {
-                        /* try until next clock tick */
-                        for (tries = jiffies_to_usecs(1)/USEC_PER_POLL;
-                                        tries > 0; --tries) {
+                /* try until next clock tick */
+                for (tries = jiffies_to_usecs(1)/USEC_PER_POLL;
+                     tries > 0; --tries) {
+                        if (netif_tx_trylock(dev)) {
                                 if (!netif_queue_stopped(dev))
                                         status = dev->hard_start_xmit(skb, dev);
+                                netif_tx_unlock(dev);
 
                                 if (status == NETDEV_TX_OK)
                                         break;
 
-                                /* tickle device maybe there is some cleanup */
-                                netpoll_poll(np);
-
-                                udelay(USEC_PER_POLL);
                         }
-                        netif_tx_unlock(dev);
+
+                        /* tickle device maybe there is some cleanup */
+                        netpoll_poll(np);
+
+                        udelay(USEC_PER_POLL);
                 }
                 local_irq_restore(flags);
         }