diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
index 49eea8981332d679b31614aa4d284e258abd97d6..3010080cfeee350a2e523ce0c26aeb427953f21a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
@@ -7831,6 +7831,14 @@ static int tigon3_dma_hwbug_workaround(struct tg3_napi *tnapi,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static bool tg3_tso_bug_gso_check(struct tg3_napi *tnapi, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	/* Check if we will never have enough descriptors,
+	 * as gso_segs can be more than current ring size
+	 */
+	return skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs < tnapi->tx_pending / 3;
+}
+
 static netdev_tx_t tg3_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *, struct net_device *);
 
 /* Use GSO to workaround all TSO packets that meet HW bug conditions
@@ -7934,14 +7942,19 @@ static netdev_tx_t tg3_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		 * vlan encapsulated.
 		 */
 		if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_8021Q) ||
-		    skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_8021AD))
-			return tg3_tso_bug(tp, tnapi, txq, skb);
+		    skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_8021AD)) {
+			if (tg3_tso_bug_gso_check(tnapi, skb))
+				return tg3_tso_bug(tp, tnapi, txq, skb);
+			goto drop;
+		}
 
 		if (!skb_is_gso_v6(skb)) {
 			if (unlikely((ETH_HLEN + hdr_len) > 80) &&
-			    tg3_flag(tp, TSO_BUG))
-				return tg3_tso_bug(tp, tnapi, txq, skb);
-
+			    tg3_flag(tp, TSO_BUG)) {
+				if (tg3_tso_bug_gso_check(tnapi, skb))
+					return tg3_tso_bug(tp, tnapi, txq, skb);
+				goto drop;
+			}
 			ip_csum = iph->check;
 			ip_tot_len = iph->tot_len;
 			iph->check = 0;
@@ -8073,7 +8086,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t tg3_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	if (would_hit_hwbug) {
 		tg3_tx_skb_unmap(tnapi, tnapi->tx_prod, i);
 
-		if (mss) {
+		if (mss && tg3_tso_bug_gso_check(tnapi, skb)) {
 			/* If it's a TSO packet, do GSO instead of
 			 * allocating and copying to a large linear SKB
 			 */