diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index 3607d8febbcf247eef976444db94a8ec080dd378..9624537219a8de3f70c0c99ec2e6e71b3c5641db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@
 #define      MVNETA_TXQ_SENT_THRESH_MASK(coal)   ((coal) << 16)
 #define MVNETA_TXQ_UPDATE_REG(q)                 (0x3c60 + ((q) << 2))
 #define      MVNETA_TXQ_DEC_SENT_SHIFT           16
+#define      MVNETA_TXQ_DEC_SENT_MASK            0xff
 #define MVNETA_TXQ_STATUS_REG(q)                 (0x3c40 + ((q) << 2))
 #define      MVNETA_TXQ_SENT_DESC_SHIFT          16
 #define      MVNETA_TXQ_SENT_DESC_MASK           0x3fff0000
@@ -525,6 +526,7 @@ struct mvneta_tx_queue {
 	 * descriptor ring
 	 */
 	int count;
+	int pending;
 	int tx_stop_threshold;
 	int tx_wake_threshold;
 
@@ -818,8 +820,9 @@ static void mvneta_txq_pend_desc_add(struct mvneta_port *pp,
 	/* Only 255 descriptors can be added at once ; Assume caller
 	 * process TX desriptors in quanta less than 256
 	 */
-	val = pend_desc;
+	val = pend_desc + txq->pending;
 	mvreg_write(pp, MVNETA_TXQ_UPDATE_REG(txq->id), val);
+	txq->pending = 0;
 }
 
 /* Get pointer to next TX descriptor to be processed (send) by HW */
@@ -2399,11 +2402,15 @@ static int mvneta_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		struct netdev_queue *nq = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, txq_id);
 
 		txq->count += frags;
-		mvneta_txq_pend_desc_add(pp, txq, frags);
-
 		if (txq->count >= txq->tx_stop_threshold)
 			netif_tx_stop_queue(nq);
 
+		if (!skb->xmit_more || netif_xmit_stopped(nq) ||
+		    txq->pending + frags > MVNETA_TXQ_DEC_SENT_MASK)
+			mvneta_txq_pend_desc_add(pp, txq, frags);
+		else
+			txq->pending += frags;
+
 		u64_stats_update_begin(&stats->syncp);
 		stats->tx_packets++;
 		stats->tx_bytes  += len;