diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index cbe53ed4fb0b..cfc473e1b050 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -1991,6 +1991,7 @@ static bool ieee80211_tx_pending_skb(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 void ieee80211_tx_pending(unsigned long data)
 {
 	struct ieee80211_local *local = (struct ieee80211_local *)data;
+	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int i;
 	bool txok;
@@ -2029,6 +2030,11 @@ void ieee80211_tx_pending(unsigned long data)
 			if (!txok)
 				break;
 		}
+
+		if (skb_queue_empty(&local->pending[i]))
+			list_for_each_entry_rcu(sdata, &local->interfaces, list)
+				netif_tx_wake_queue(
+					netdev_get_tx_queue(sdata->dev, i));
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&local->queue_stop_reason_lock, flags);
 
diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index e6b1fba980c6..53af57047435 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -279,13 +279,13 @@ static void __ieee80211_wake_queue(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, int queue,
 		/* someone still has this queue stopped */
 		return;
 
-	if (!skb_queue_empty(&local->pending[queue]))
+	if (skb_queue_empty(&local->pending[queue])) {
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		list_for_each_entry_rcu(sdata, &local->interfaces, list)
+			netif_tx_wake_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(sdata->dev, queue));
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+	} else
 		tasklet_schedule(&local->tx_pending_tasklet);
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	list_for_each_entry_rcu(sdata, &local->interfaces, list)
-		netif_tx_wake_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(sdata->dev, queue));
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 void ieee80211_wake_queue_by_reason(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, int queue,