diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
index 945df21ac01718148d93dd558cda823df9e07fbc..528b86bca491107dc3216852f00161c8f35bf92a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
@@ -486,6 +486,19 @@ static int fcoe_fip_recv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * fcoe_port_send() - Send an Ethernet-encapsulated FIP/FCoE frame
+ * @port: The FCoE port
+ * @skb: The FIP/FCoE packet to be sent
+ */
+static void fcoe_port_send(struct fcoe_port *port, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	if (port->fcoe_pending_queue.qlen)
+		fcoe_check_wait_queue(port->lport, skb);
+	else if (fcoe_start_io(skb))
+		fcoe_check_wait_queue(port->lport, skb);
+}
+
 /**
  * fcoe_fip_send() - Send an Ethernet-encapsulated FIP frame
  * @fip: The FCoE controller
@@ -494,7 +507,7 @@ static int fcoe_fip_recv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev,
 static void fcoe_fip_send(struct fcoe_ctlr *fip, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	skb->dev = fcoe_from_ctlr(fip)->netdev;
-	dev_queue_xmit(skb);
+	fcoe_port_send(lport_priv(fip->lp), skb);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1575,11 +1588,7 @@ int fcoe_xmit(struct fc_lport *lport, struct fc_frame *fp)
 
 	/* send down to lld */
 	fr_dev(fp) = lport;
-	if (port->fcoe_pending_queue.qlen)
-		fcoe_check_wait_queue(lport, skb);
-	else if (fcoe_start_io(skb))
-		fcoe_check_wait_queue(lport, skb);
-
+	fcoe_port_send(port, skb);
 	return 0;
 }