--- a/drivers/input/joystick/iforce/iforce-usb.c
+++ b/drivers/input/joystick/iforce/iforce-usb.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ static void __iforce_usb_xmit(struct ifo
 	if (iforce->xmit.head == iforce->xmit.tail) {
 		clear_bit(IFORCE_XMIT_RUNNING, iforce->xmit_flags);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&iforce->xmit_lock, flags);
+		wake_up(&iforce->wait);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ static void __iforce_usb_xmit(struct ifo
 
 	if ( (n=usb_submit_urb(iforce_usb->out, GFP_ATOMIC)) ) {
 		clear_bit(IFORCE_XMIT_RUNNING, iforce->xmit_flags);
+		wake_up(&iforce->wait);
 		dev_warn(&iforce_usb->intf->dev,
 			 "usb_submit_urb failed %d\n", n);
 	}
@@ -178,10 +180,8 @@ static void iforce_usb_out(struct urb *u
 		clear_bit(IFORCE_XMIT_RUNNING, iforce->xmit_flags);
 		dev_dbg(&iforce_usb->intf->dev, "urb->status %d, exiting\n",
 			urb->status);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	__iforce_usb_xmit(iforce);
+	} else
+		__iforce_usb_xmit(iforce);
 
 	wake_up(&iforce->wait);
 }