diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c b/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c
index 2b01ec8651c296e3f016bf2421040da6f1bbbc98..e36b25a2fa02b5c1a75d713b816e1669fa43e43e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c
@@ -173,16 +173,8 @@ int usb_serial_generic_write_start(struct usb_serial_port *port,
 		clear_bit_unlock(USB_SERIAL_WRITE_BUSY, &port->flags);
 		return result;
 	}
-	/*
-	 * Try sending off another urb, unless called from completion handler
-	 * (in which case there will be no free urb or no data).
-	 */
-	if (mem_flags != GFP_ATOMIC)
-		goto retry;
 
-	clear_bit_unlock(USB_SERIAL_WRITE_BUSY, &port->flags);
-
-	return 0;
+	goto retry;	/* try sending off another urb */
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_serial_generic_write_start);