diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
index dd7659c8de16e5b626f23ba5d899f6455e5a6e06..f682f7b144806b0478e6bdfcb9c9825b5b94756d 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
@@ -721,6 +721,7 @@ static int qeth_l2_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	if ((new_skb != skb) && new_skb)
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(new_skb);
 	dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+	netif_wake_queue(dev);
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index de256e48bfe9cca20f34d2413c2947a615ace81c..999552c83bbe144c7082d1b8a55929df333f3375 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -2764,6 +2764,7 @@ static int qeth_l3_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	if ((new_skb != skb) && new_skb)
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(new_skb);
 	dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+	netif_wake_queue(dev);
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }