diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c b/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c
index 3d8a70d3ea9bd67c91f85c6cab38d1afbf5f25f3..3d71f17163902af71bb7485de78f5a3ed7af304c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c
@@ -437,17 +437,18 @@ static int ipheth_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *net)
 			  dev);
 	dev->tx_urb->transfer_flags |= URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP;
 
+	netif_stop_queue(net);
 	retval = usb_submit_urb(dev->tx_urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (retval) {
 		dev_err(&dev->intf->dev, "%s: usb_submit_urb: %d\n",
 			__func__, retval);
 		dev->net->stats.tx_errors++;
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+		netif_wake_queue(net);
 	} else {
 		dev->net->stats.tx_packets++;
 		dev->net->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
 		dev_consume_skb_any(skb);
-		netif_stop_queue(net);
 	}
 
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;