diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index fa31c50d5658..f679b5fb83a4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f8e9616108c7003e6499c162459258f11c9dc85e
+refs/heads/master: e7dfc8dbdf9a7fa1ef04c63100a71f4102b82ed3
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/tulip/dmfe.c b/trunk/drivers/net/tulip/dmfe.c
index a9f7d5d1a269..7064e035757a 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/tulip/dmfe.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/tulip/dmfe.c
@@ -688,9 +688,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t dmfe_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	DMFE_DBUG(0, "dmfe_start_xmit", 0);
 
-	/* Resource flag check */
-	netif_stop_queue(dev);
-
 	/* Too large packet check */
 	if (skb->len > MAX_PACKET_SIZE) {
 		pr_err("big packet = %d\n", (u16)skb->len);
@@ -698,6 +695,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t dmfe_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	}
 
+	/* Resource flag check */
+	netif_stop_queue(dev);
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&db->lock, flags);
 
 	/* No Tx resource check, it never happen nromally */