--- drivers/net/8139too.c.orig	Wed Jul  4 14:34:27 2001
+++ drivers/net/8139too.c	Sat Jul 14 02:34:50 2001
@@ -1732,7 +1732,6 @@
 	RTL_W32_F (TxAddr0 + (entry * 4), dma_addr);
 	RTL_W32_F (TxStatus0 + (entry * sizeof (u32)),
 		   tp->tx_flag | (skb->len >= ETH_ZLEN ? skb->len : ETH_ZLEN));
-	spin_unlock_irq(&tp->lock);
 
 	dev->trans_start = jiffies;
 
@@ -1740,6 +1739,7 @@
 	mb();
 	if ((tp->cur_tx - NUM_TX_DESC) == tp->dirty_tx)
 		netif_stop_queue (dev);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&tp->lock);
 
 	DPRINTK ("%s: Queued Tx packet at %p size %u to slot %d.\n",
 		 dev->name, skb->data, skb->len, entry);