--- m/net/core/dev.c
+++ n/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4990,6 +4990,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_rx_any_context);
 static __latent_entropy void net_tx_action(struct softirq_action *h)
 {
 	struct softnet_data *sd = this_cpu_ptr(&softnet_data);
+	unsigned long ts = jiffies + 2;
 
 	if (sd->completion_queue) {
 		struct sk_buff *clist;
@@ -5034,6 +5035,11 @@ static __latent_entropy void net_tx_acti
 
 			head = head->next_sched;
 
+			if (time_after(jiffies, ts)) {
+				__netif_reschedule(q);
+				continue;
+			}
+
 			/* We need to make sure head->next_sched is read
 			 * before clearing __QDISC_STATE_SCHED
 			 */