diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet_common.c
index 0f940f0e488db81618262a8c25bff3bfb56b5805..623363bf08dfd1faea243027f9e3fa9f68926966 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet_common.c
@@ -1427,6 +1427,7 @@ int sunvnet_start_xmit_common(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	dr->prod = (dr->prod + 1) & (VNET_TX_RING_SIZE - 1);
 	if (unlikely(vnet_tx_dring_avail(dr) < 1)) {
 		netif_tx_stop_queue(txq);
+		smp_rmb();
 		if (vnet_tx_dring_avail(dr) > VNET_TX_WAKEUP_THRESH(dr))
 			netif_tx_wake_queue(txq);
 	}