diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
index ae1b77aa199f87..72300bc9e37838 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ static void emac_tx_handler(void *token, int len, int status)
 	 * queue is stopped then start the queue as we have free desc for tx
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(netif_queue_stopped(ndev)))
-		netif_start_queue(ndev);
+		netif_wake_queue(ndev);
 	ndev->stats.tx_packets++;
 	ndev->stats.tx_bytes += len;
 	dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);