diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index 4195a4bc26ca..d9d39887a550 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -337,13 +337,16 @@ bool sch_direct_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *q,
 #endif
 
 	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)) {
+			HARD_TX_LOCK(dev, txq, smp_processor_id());
+			netif_tx_stop_queue(txq);
 			skb = dev_hard_start_xmit(skb, dev, txq, &ret);
+			netif_tx_start_queue(txq);
+			HARD_TX_UNLOCK(dev, txq);
+		}
 		else
 			qdisc_maybe_clear_missed(q, txq);
 
-		HARD_TX_UNLOCK(dev, txq);
 	} else {
 		if (root_lock)
 			spin_lock(root_lock);