diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
index 05d2b478c99bd7b19a5fc085955e19d5e44e4253..6b54cb3b681db6866ca6185fb7f7e7bc754710ed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
@@ -2225,6 +2225,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t nv_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	struct nv_skb_map *prev_tx_ctx;
 	struct nv_skb_map *tmp_tx_ctx = NULL, *start_tx_ctx = NULL;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	netdev_tx_t ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 	/* add fragments to entries count */
 	for (i = 0; i < fragments; i++) {
@@ -2240,7 +2241,12 @@ static netdev_tx_t nv_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		netif_stop_queue(dev);
 		np->tx_stop = 1;
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
-		return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+
+		/* When normal packets and/or xmit_more packets fill up
+		 * tx_desc, it is necessary to trigger NIC tx reg.
+		 */
+		ret = NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+		goto txkick;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
 
@@ -2259,7 +2265,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t nv_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 			u64_stats_update_begin(&np->swstats_tx_syncp);
 			nv_txrx_stats_inc(stat_tx_dropped);
 			u64_stats_update_end(&np->swstats_tx_syncp);
-			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+
+			ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
+
+			goto dma_error;
 		}
 		np->put_tx_ctx->dma_len = bcnt;
 		np->put_tx_ctx->dma_single = 1;
@@ -2305,7 +2314,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t nv_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 				u64_stats_update_begin(&np->swstats_tx_syncp);
 				nv_txrx_stats_inc(stat_tx_dropped);
 				u64_stats_update_end(&np->swstats_tx_syncp);
-				return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+
+				ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
+
+				goto dma_error;
 			}
 
 			np->put_tx_ctx->dma_len = bcnt;
@@ -2357,8 +2369,15 @@ static netdev_tx_t nv_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
 
-	writel(NVREG_TXRXCTL_KICK|np->txrxctl_bits, get_hwbase(dev) + NvRegTxRxControl);
-	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+txkick:
+	if (netif_queue_stopped(dev) || !netdev_xmit_more()) {
+		u32 txrxctl_kick;
+dma_error:
+		txrxctl_kick = NVREG_TXRXCTL_KICK | np->txrxctl_bits;
+		writel(txrxctl_kick, get_hwbase(dev) + NvRegTxRxControl);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static netdev_tx_t nv_start_xmit_optimized(struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -2381,6 +2400,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t nv_start_xmit_optimized(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct nv_skb_map *start_tx_ctx = NULL;
 	struct nv_skb_map *tmp_tx_ctx = NULL;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	netdev_tx_t ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 	/* add fragments to entries count */
 	for (i = 0; i < fragments; i++) {
@@ -2396,7 +2416,13 @@ static netdev_tx_t nv_start_xmit_optimized(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		netif_stop_queue(dev);
 		np->tx_stop = 1;
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
-		return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+
+		/* When normal packets and/or xmit_more packets fill up
+		 * tx_desc, it is necessary to trigger NIC tx reg.
+		 */
+		ret = NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+
+		goto txkick;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
 
@@ -2416,7 +2442,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t nv_start_xmit_optimized(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			u64_stats_update_begin(&np->swstats_tx_syncp);
 			nv_txrx_stats_inc(stat_tx_dropped);
 			u64_stats_update_end(&np->swstats_tx_syncp);
-			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+
+			ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
+
+			goto dma_error;
 		}
 		np->put_tx_ctx->dma_len = bcnt;
 		np->put_tx_ctx->dma_single = 1;
@@ -2463,7 +2492,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t nv_start_xmit_optimized(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				u64_stats_update_begin(&np->swstats_tx_syncp);
 				nv_txrx_stats_inc(stat_tx_dropped);
 				u64_stats_update_end(&np->swstats_tx_syncp);
-				return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+
+				ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
+
+				goto dma_error;
 			}
 			np->put_tx_ctx->dma_len = bcnt;
 			np->put_tx_ctx->dma_single = 0;
@@ -2542,8 +2574,15 @@ static netdev_tx_t nv_start_xmit_optimized(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
 
-	writel(NVREG_TXRXCTL_KICK|np->txrxctl_bits, get_hwbase(dev) + NvRegTxRxControl);
-	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+txkick:
+	if (netif_queue_stopped(dev) || !netdev_xmit_more()) {
+		u32 txrxctl_kick;
+dma_error:
+		txrxctl_kick = NVREG_TXRXCTL_KICK | np->txrxctl_bits;
+		writel(txrxctl_kick, get_hwbase(dev) + NvRegTxRxControl);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static inline void nv_tx_flip_ownership(struct net_device *dev)