diff --git a/drivers/net/s2io.c b/drivers/net/s2io.c
index c72787adeba33bbe31dbbc52d9559551226c1d81..3c915b82e19982455b7b8dd0bdfd704c14ea9e98 100644
--- a/drivers/net/s2io.c
+++ b/drivers/net/s2io.c
@@ -4172,6 +4172,9 @@ static int s2io_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->trans_start = jiffies;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fifo->tx_lock, flags);
 
+	if (sp->config.intr_type == MSI_X)
+		tx_intr_handler(fifo);
+
 	return 0;
 pci_map_failed:
 	stats->pci_map_fail_cnt++;