diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index f0c2824f5e0f79a13a6ec94064a78ae30911b0fc..9359a13d285ad19bf33602f514b8275fb8e725d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!skb->xmit_more)
+	if (__netif_subqueue_stopped(dev, qnum) || !skb->xmit_more)
 		virtqueue_kick(sq->vq);
 
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;