diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
index 0ab298f036a8f82648900294235e1a8ef6e62f63..c10d98f6ad967b13640b5d9b2fe033f377565ff0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ int mlx4_en_create_tx_ring(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 	ring->size = size;
 	ring->size_mask = size - 1;
 	ring->stride = stride;
+	ring->full_size = ring->size - HEADROOM - MAX_DESC_TXBBS;
 
 	tmp = size * sizeof(struct mlx4_en_tx_info);
 	ring->tx_info = kmalloc_node(tmp, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN, node);
@@ -232,6 +233,11 @@ void mlx4_en_deactivate_tx_ring(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 		       MLX4_QP_STATE_RST, NULL, 0, 0, &ring->qp);
 }
 
+static inline bool mlx4_en_is_tx_ring_full(struct mlx4_en_tx_ring *ring)
+{
+	return ring->prod - ring->cons > ring->full_size;
+}
+
 static void mlx4_en_stamp_wqe(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 			      struct mlx4_en_tx_ring *ring, int index,
 			      u8 owner)
@@ -474,11 +480,10 @@ static bool mlx4_en_process_tx_cq(struct net_device *dev,
 
 	netdev_tx_completed_queue(ring->tx_queue, packets, bytes);
 
-	/*
-	 * Wakeup Tx queue if this stopped, and at least 1 packet
-	 * was completed
+	/* Wakeup Tx queue if this stopped, and ring is not full.
 	 */
-	if (netif_tx_queue_stopped(ring->tx_queue) && txbbs_skipped > 0) {
+	if (netif_tx_queue_stopped(ring->tx_queue) &&
+	    !mlx4_en_is_tx_ring_full(ring)) {
 		netif_tx_wake_queue(ring->tx_queue);
 		ring->wake_queue++;
 	}
@@ -922,8 +927,7 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
 
 	/* Check available TXBBs And 2K spare for prefetch */
-	stop_queue = (int)(ring->prod - ring_cons) >
-		      ring->size - HEADROOM - MAX_DESC_TXBBS;
+	stop_queue = mlx4_en_is_tx_ring_full(ring);
 	if (unlikely(stop_queue)) {
 		netif_tx_stop_queue(ring->tx_queue);
 		ring->queue_stopped++;
@@ -992,8 +996,7 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		smp_rmb();
 
 		ring_cons = ACCESS_ONCE(ring->cons);
-		if (unlikely(((int)(ring->prod - ring_cons)) <=
-			     ring->size - HEADROOM - MAX_DESC_TXBBS)) {
+		if (unlikely(!mlx4_en_is_tx_ring_full(ring))) {
 			netif_tx_wake_queue(ring->tx_queue);
 			ring->wake_queue++;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
index 32134bd98fe0f5767ea147a1cbef7e96796b41b1..666d1669eb5233f9a8e6baf5773621159375af25 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ struct mlx4_en_tx_ring {
 	u32			size; /* number of TXBBs */
 	u32			size_mask;
 	u16			stride;
+	u32			full_size;
 	u16			cqn;	/* index of port CQ associated with this ring */
 	u32			buf_size;
 	__be32			doorbell_qpn;