diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ccad25dd2fa4..d5697393d013 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d6db3f5c11dc7ed5712d5d5682aa34025ee5248e
+refs/heads/master: 39286fa41a8b2c6a9c1f656a7b3c3efca95bc1b9
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/vhost/net.c b/trunk/drivers/vhost/net.c
index 91a324cc2298..ad37da2b6cb5 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -114,8 +114,12 @@ static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net)
 		return;
 
 	wmem = atomic_read(&sock->sk->sk_wmem_alloc);
-	if (wmem >= sock->sk->sk_sndbuf)
+	if (wmem >= sock->sk->sk_sndbuf) {
+		mutex_lock(&vq->mutex);
+		tx_poll_start(net, sock);
+		mutex_unlock(&vq->mutex);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	use_mm(net->dev.mm);
 	mutex_lock(&vq->mutex);