diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index 954758f9a177da08193359e98a170197d11d59ad..c1cd72a5eccf80d8ab171681d24f608bd6dace1b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t bnxt_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	prod = NEXT_TX(prod);
 	txr->tx_prod = prod;
 
-	if (!skb->xmit_more)
+	if (!skb->xmit_more || netif_xmit_stopped(txq))
 		bnxt_db_write(bp, txr->tx_doorbell, DB_KEY_TX | prod);
 
 tx_done: