diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index 4195a4bc26ca..4605314e605e 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -338,8 +338,11 @@ bool sch_direct_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *q,
 
 	if (likely(skb)) {
 		HARD_TX_LOCK(dev, txq, smp_processor_id());
-		if (!netif_xmit_frozen_or_stopped(txq))
+		if (!netif_xmit_frozen_or_stopped(txq)) {
+			netif_tx_stop_queue(txq);
 			skb = dev_hard_start_xmit(skb, dev, txq, &ret);
+			netif_tx_start_queue(txq);
+		}
 		else
 			qdisc_maybe_clear_missed(q, txq);