diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 2d927fb..b38db48 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -282,17 +282,32 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usbnet_change_mtu);
 
+/* The caller must hold list->lock */
+static void __usbnet_queue_skb(struct sk_buff_head *list,
+			struct sk_buff *newsk, enum skb_state state)
+{
+	struct skb_data *entry = (struct skb_data *) newsk->cb;
+
+	__skb_queue_tail(list, newsk);
+	entry->state = state;
+}
+
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 /* some LK 2.4 HCDs oopsed if we freed or resubmitted urbs from
  * completion callbacks.  2.5 should have fixed those bugs...
  */
 
-static void defer_bh(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff_head *list)
+static enum skb_state defer_bh(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
+		struct sk_buff_head *list, enum skb_state state)
 {
 	unsigned long		flags;
+	enum skb_state 		old_state;
+	struct skb_data *entry = (struct skb_data *) skb->cb;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&list->lock, flags);
+	old_state = entry->state;
+	entry->state = state;
 	__skb_unlink(skb, list);
 	spin_unlock(&list->lock);
 	spin_lock(&dev->done.lock);
@@ -300,6 +315,7 @@
 	if (dev->done.qlen == 1)
 		tasklet_schedule(&dev->bh);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->done.lock, flags);
+	return old_state;
 }
 
 /* some work can't be done in tasklets, so we use keventd
@@ -340,7 +356,6 @@
 	entry = (struct skb_data *) skb->cb;
 	entry->urb = urb;
 	entry->dev = dev;
-	entry->state = rx_start;
 	entry->length = 0;
 
 	usb_fill_bulk_urb (urb, dev->udev, dev->in,
@@ -372,7 +387,7 @@
 			tasklet_schedule (&dev->bh);
 			break;
 		case 0:
-			__skb_queue_tail (&dev->rxq, skb);
+			__usbnet_queue_skb(&dev->rxq, skb, rx_start);
 		}
 	} else {
 		netif_dbg(dev, ifdown, dev->net, "rx: stopped\n");
@@ -423,16 +438,17 @@
 	struct skb_data		*entry = (struct skb_data *) skb->cb;
 	struct usbnet		*dev = entry->dev;
 	int			urb_status = urb->status;
+	enum skb_state		state;
 
 	skb_put (skb, urb->actual_length);
-	entry->state = rx_done;
+	state = rx_done;
 	entry->urb = NULL;
 
 	switch (urb_status) {
 	/* success */
 	case 0:
 		if (skb->len < dev->net->hard_header_len) {
-			entry->state = rx_cleanup;
+			state = rx_cleanup;
 			dev->net->stats.rx_errors++;
 			dev->net->stats.rx_length_errors++;
 			netif_dbg(dev, rx_err, dev->net,
@@ -471,7 +487,7 @@
 				  "rx throttle %d\n", urb_status);
 		}
 block:
-		entry->state = rx_cleanup;
+		state = rx_cleanup;
 		entry->urb = urb;
 		urb = NULL;
 		break;
@@ -482,17 +498,18 @@
 		// FALLTHROUGH
 
 	default:
-		entry->state = rx_cleanup;
+		state = rx_cleanup;
 		dev->net->stats.rx_errors++;
 		netif_dbg(dev, rx_err, dev->net, "rx status %d\n", urb_status);
 		break;
 	}
 
-	defer_bh(dev, skb, &dev->rxq);
+	state = defer_bh(dev, skb, &dev->rxq, state);
 
 	if (urb) {
 		if (netif_running (dev->net) &&
-		    !test_bit (EVENT_RX_HALT, &dev->flags)) {
+		    !test_bit (EVENT_RX_HALT, &dev->flags) &&
+		    state != unlink_start) {
 			rx_submit (dev, urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 			usb_mark_last_busy(dev->udev);
 			return;
@@ -579,16 +596,23 @@
 static int unlink_urbs (struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff_head *q)
 {
 	unsigned long		flags;
-	struct sk_buff		*skb, *skbnext;
+	struct sk_buff		*skb;
 	int			count = 0;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave (&q->lock, flags);
-	skb_queue_walk_safe(q, skb, skbnext) {
+	while (!skb_queue_empty(q)) {
 		struct skb_data		*entry;
 		struct urb		*urb;
 		int			retval;
 
-		entry = (struct skb_data *) skb->cb;
+		skb_queue_walk(q, skb) {
+			entry = (struct skb_data *) skb->cb;
+			if (entry->state != unlink_start)
+				goto found;
+		}
+		break;
+found:
+		entry->state = unlink_start;
 		urb = entry->urb;
 
 		/*
@@ -1039,8 +1063,7 @@
 	}
 
 	usb_autopm_put_interface_async(dev->intf);
-	entry->state = tx_done;
-	defer_bh(dev, skb, &dev->txq);
+	(void) defer_bh(dev, skb, &dev->txq, tx_done);
 }
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -1096,7 +1119,6 @@
 	entry = (struct skb_data *) skb->cb;
 	entry->urb = urb;
 	entry->dev = dev;
-	entry->state = tx_start;
 	entry->length = length;
 
 	usb_fill_bulk_urb (urb, dev->udev, dev->out,
@@ -1155,7 +1177,7 @@
 		break;
 	case 0:
 		net->trans_start = jiffies;
-		__skb_queue_tail (&dev->txq, skb);
+		__usbnet_queue_skb(&dev->txq, skb, tx_start);
 		if (dev->txq.qlen >= TX_QLEN (dev))
 			netif_stop_queue (net);
 	}