diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7478f48e1f78..f97e1b5f30f4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a91bb6a8b411bdd8053601d7c2254d54670a4df6
+refs/heads/master: ab8ced2fb00f3a1e1b63f8c3c61ad4262308ddc0
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb.h b/trunk/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb.h
index 82b67af54c94..a4bee8cafa58 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb.h
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb.h
@@ -110,9 +110,6 @@ struct ixgb_adapter;
 #define IXGB_RXBUFFER_8192  8192
 #define IXGB_RXBUFFER_16384 16384
 
-/* How many Tx Descriptors do we need to call netif_wake_queue? */
-#define IXGB_TX_QUEUE_WAKE 16
-
 /* How many Rx Buffers do we bundle into one write to the hardware ? */
 #define IXGB_RX_BUFFER_WRITE	4	/* Must be power of 2 */
 
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
index fee4c5aac31b..960b44b5b02b 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ ixgb_clean_tx_irq(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter)
 	if (unlikely(netif_queue_stopped(netdev))) {
 		spin_lock(&adapter->tx_lock);
 		if (netif_queue_stopped(netdev) && netif_carrier_ok(netdev) &&
-		    (IXGB_DESC_UNUSED(tx_ring) > IXGB_TX_QUEUE_WAKE))
+		    (IXGB_DESC_UNUSED(tx_ring) >= DESC_NEEDED))
 			netif_wake_queue(netdev);
 		spin_unlock(&adapter->tx_lock);
 	}