diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
index df32a090d08e0c96841a9958b1c1319eb6cbbc19..80cad06e5eb21337b111bc32af0376e6da2d7065 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ void cpsw_tx_handler(void *token, int len, int status)
 	 * queue is stopped then start the queue as we have free desc for tx
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(netif_queue_stopped(ndev)))
-		netif_start_queue(ndev);
+		netif_wake_queue(ndev);
 	cpts_tx_timestamp(priv->cpts, skb);
 	priv->stats.tx_packets++;
 	priv->stats.tx_bytes += len;