diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
index ec882be4cfaf69f63e14af5acd520ea885c8f586..4785d2b9d80f09ae02f895e4dd1d54954edddd8e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
@@ -1936,6 +1936,9 @@ static int r8152_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 		napi_complete(napi);
 		if (!list_empty(&tp->rx_done))
 			napi_schedule(napi);
+		else if (!skb_queue_empty(&tp->tx_queue) &&
+			 !list_empty(&tp->tx_free))
+			napi_schedule(napi);
 	}
 
 	return work_done;