diff --git a/drivers/net/ipg.c b/drivers/net/ipg.c
index 9752902f2d9a51bde550411b9ecac88ff32d1057..b234b293c11ff54df1c3edd3e3522517e27054a7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipg.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipg.c
@@ -1994,7 +1994,7 @@ static int ipg_nic_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	ipg_w32(IPG_DC_TX_DMA_POLL_NOW, DMA_CTRL);
 
 	if (sp->tx_current == (sp->tx_dirty + IPG_TFDLIST_LENGTH))
-		netif_wake_queue(dev);
+		netif_stop_queue(dev);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sp->lock, flags);