diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c b/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c
index ddff6f19ff98..801cc870ed1b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ static void rtl8150_tx_timeout(struct net_device *netdev, unsigned int txqueue)
 {
 	rtl8150_t *dev = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	dev_warn(&netdev->dev, "Tx timeout.\n");
-	usb_unlink_urb(dev->tx_urb);
+	usb_kill_urb(dev->tx_urb);
 	netdev->stats.tx_errors++;
 }