diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c
index 3af6d8376a66..3a45ac8f0e01 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c
@@ -1324,8 +1324,9 @@ static inline void t6_fill_tnl_lso(struct sk_buff *skb,
 int t4_sge_eth_txq_egress_update(struct adapter *adap, struct sge_eth_txq *eq,
 				 int maxreclaim)
 {
+	unsigned int reclaimed, hw_cidx;
 	struct sge_txq *q = &eq->q;
-	unsigned int reclaimed;
+	int hw_in_use;
 
 	if (!q->in_use || !__netif_tx_trylock(eq->txq))
 		return 0;
@@ -1333,12 +1334,17 @@ int t4_sge_eth_txq_egress_update(struct adapter *adap, struct sge_eth_txq *eq,
 	/* Reclaim pending completed TX Descriptors. */
 	reclaimed = reclaim_completed_tx(adap, &eq->q, maxreclaim, true);
 
+	hw_cidx = ntohs(READ_ONCE(q->stat->cidx));
+	hw_in_use = q->pidx - hw_cidx;
+	if (hw_in_use < 0)
+		hw_in_use += q->size;
+
 	/* If the TX Queue is currently stopped and there's now more than half
 	 * the queue available, restart it.  Otherwise bail out since the rest
 	 * of what we want do here is with the possibility of shipping any
 	 * currently buffered Coalesced TX Work Request.
 	 */
-	if (netif_tx_queue_stopped(eq->txq) && txq_avail(q) > (q->size / 2)) {
+	if (netif_tx_queue_stopped(eq->txq) && hw_in_use < (q->size / 2)) {
 		netif_tx_wake_queue(eq->txq);
 		eq->q.restarts++;
 	}