diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 141f89a1f3c6..ddcc7db8f3fd 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a1d1eabc8c42ddf5fd3ea4184094561b3edd127b
+refs/heads/master: 1a397696536e896e7d763c0c38f3ae3e588b5d52
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
index 769c53451b21..89d77f55d76c 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
@@ -363,10 +363,12 @@ void rt2x00usb_watchdog(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
 	struct data_queue *queue;
 
 	tx_queue_for_each(rt2x00dev, queue) {
-		if (rt2x00queue_dma_timeout(queue))
-			rt2x00usb_watchdog_tx_dma(queue);
-		if (rt2x00queue_timeout(queue))
-			rt2x00usb_watchdog_tx_status(queue);
+		if (!rt2x00queue_empty(queue)) {
+			if (rt2x00queue_dma_timeout(queue))
+				rt2x00usb_watchdog_tx_dma(queue);
+			if (rt2x00queue_timeout(queue))
+				rt2x00usb_watchdog_tx_status(queue);
+		}
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt2x00usb_watchdog);