diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 437b1b2b3e6b13e55702354c237025c8c5bc1d14..7ee0e46539c01e61f78a81c3e90ec479d1b59039 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -2997,6 +2997,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t stmmac_tso_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	tx_q->tx_tail_addr = tx_q->dma_tx_phy + (tx_q->cur_tx * sizeof(*desc));
 	stmmac_set_tx_tail_ptr(priv, priv->ioaddr, tx_q->tx_tail_addr, queue);
+	stmmac_tx_timer_arm(priv, queue);
 
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
@@ -3210,6 +3211,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t stmmac_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	tx_q->tx_tail_addr = tx_q->dma_tx_phy + (tx_q->cur_tx * sizeof(*desc));
 	stmmac_set_tx_tail_ptr(priv, priv->ioaddr, tx_q->tx_tail_addr, queue);
+	stmmac_tx_timer_arm(priv, queue);
 
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;