diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 62f8b5cfbb56..b7b3f5b0d406 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@ block:
 		if (netif_running (dev->net) &&
 		    !test_bit (EVENT_RX_HALT, &dev->flags)) {
 			rx_submit (dev, urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+			usb_mark_last_busy(dev->udev);
 			return;
 		}
 		usb_free_urb (urb);