diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 59b0e9754ae39cbc38812d407688f66f5e79b539..4e84236b62ce7ec8668c0a7792af318e088e29e6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -939,8 +939,12 @@ static netdev_tx_t start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	skb_orphan(skb);
 	nf_reset(skb);
 
-	/* Apparently nice girls don't return TX_BUSY; stop the queue
-	 * before it gets out of hand.  Naturally, this wastes entries. */
+	/* It is better to stop queue if running out of space
+	 * instead of forcing queuing layer to requeue the skb
+	 * by returning TX_BUSY (and cause a BUG message).
+	 * Since most packets only take 1 or 2 ring slots
+	 * this means 16 slots are typically wasted.
+	 */
 	if (sq->vq->num_free < 2+MAX_SKB_FRAGS) {
 		netif_stop_subqueue(dev, qnum);
 		if (unlikely(!virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed(sq->vq))) {