diff --git a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
index ae4e6f9375c81615722f4f1b37ea858406614e34..d04214e4e5814ad9fd0007d323f93ebf64cd807f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
@@ -2050,9 +2050,10 @@ static void nv_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev)
 		nv_drain_tx(dev);
 		nv_init_tx(dev);
 		setup_hw_rings(dev, NV_SETUP_TX_RING);
-		netif_wake_queue(dev);
 	}
 
+	netif_wake_queue(dev);
+
 	/* 4) restart tx engine */
 	nv_start_tx(dev);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&np->lock);