diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac.h
index 99fe059e5c7f3..53fb8141f1a67 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac.h
@@ -380,6 +380,9 @@ struct temac_local {
 	/* DMA channel control setup */
 	u32 tx_chnl_ctrl;
 	u32 rx_chnl_ctrl;
+	u8 coalesce_count_rx;
+
+	struct delayed_work restart_work;
 };
 
 /* Wrappers for temac_ior()/temac_iow() function pointers above */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
index 2e3f59dae586e..eb480204cdbeb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include <linux/ip.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/processor.h>
 #include <linux/platform_data/xilinx-ll-temac.h>
@@ -866,8 +867,11 @@ temac_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 	skb_dma_addr = dma_map_single(ndev->dev.parent, skb->data,
 				      skb_headlen(skb), DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 	cur_p->len = cpu_to_be32(skb_headlen(skb));
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(dma_mapping_error(ndev->dev.parent, skb_dma_addr)))
-		return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(dma_mapping_error(ndev->dev.parent, skb_dma_addr))) {
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+		ndev->stats.tx_dropped++;
+		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+	}
 	cur_p->phys = cpu_to_be32(skb_dma_addr);
 	ptr_to_txbd((void *)skb, cur_p);
 
@@ -897,7 +901,9 @@ temac_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 			dma_unmap_single(ndev->dev.parent,
 					 be32_to_cpu(cur_p->phys),
 					 skb_headlen(skb), DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-			return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+			ndev->stats.tx_dropped++;
+			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 		}
 		cur_p->phys = cpu_to_be32(skb_dma_addr);
 		cur_p->len = cpu_to_be32(skb_frag_size(frag));
@@ -920,6 +926,17 @@ temac_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
 
+static int ll_temac_recv_buffers_available(struct temac_local *lp)
+{
+	int available;
+
+	if (!lp->rx_skb[lp->rx_bd_ci])
+		return 0;
+	available = 1 + lp->rx_bd_tail - lp->rx_bd_ci;
+	if (available <= 0)
+		available += RX_BD_NUM;
+	return available;
+}
 
 static void ll_temac_recv(struct net_device *ndev)
 {
@@ -990,6 +1007,18 @@ static void ll_temac_recv(struct net_device *ndev)
 			lp->rx_bd_ci = 0;
 	} while (rx_bd != lp->rx_bd_tail);
 
+	/* DMA operations will halt when the last buffer descriptor is
+	 * processed (ie. the one pointed to by RX_TAILDESC_PTR).
+	 * When that happens, no more interrupt events will be
+	 * generated.  No IRQ_COAL or IRQ_DLY, and not even an
+	 * IRQ_ERR.  To avoid stalling, we schedule a delayed work
+	 * when there is a potential risk of that happening.  The work
+	 * will call this function, and thus re-schedule itself until
+	 * enough buffers are available again.
+	 */
+	if (ll_temac_recv_buffers_available(lp) < lp->coalesce_count_rx)
+		schedule_delayed_work(&lp->restart_work, HZ / 1000);
+
 	/* Allocate new buffers for those buffer descriptors that were
 	 * passed to network stack.  Note that GFP_ATOMIC allocations
 	 * can fail (e.g. when a larger burst of GFP_ATOMIC
@@ -1045,6 +1074,18 @@ static void ll_temac_recv(struct net_device *ndev)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lp->rx_lock, flags);
 }
 
+/* Function scheduled to ensure a restart in case of DMA halt
+ * condition caused by running out of buffer descriptors.
+ */
+static void ll_temac_restart_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct temac_local *lp = container_of(work, struct temac_local,
+					      restart_work.work);
+	struct net_device *ndev = lp->ndev;
+
+	ll_temac_recv(ndev);
+}
+
 static irqreturn_t ll_temac_tx_irq(int irq, void *_ndev)
 {
 	struct net_device *ndev = _ndev;
@@ -1137,6 +1178,8 @@ static int temac_stop(struct net_device *ndev)
 
 	dev_dbg(&ndev->dev, "temac_close()\n");
 
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&lp->restart_work);
+
 	free_irq(lp->tx_irq, ndev);
 	free_irq(lp->rx_irq, ndev);
 
@@ -1269,6 +1312,7 @@ static int temac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	lp->dev = &pdev->dev;
 	lp->options = XTE_OPTION_DEFAULTS;
 	spin_lock_init(&lp->rx_lock);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&lp->restart_work, ll_temac_restart_work_func);
 
 	/* Setup mutex for synchronization of indirect register access */
 	if (pdata) {
@@ -1375,6 +1419,7 @@ static int temac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		 */
 		lp->tx_chnl_ctrl = 0x10220000;
 		lp->rx_chnl_ctrl = 0xff070000;
+		lp->coalesce_count_rx = 0x07;
 
 		/* Finished with the DMA node; drop the reference */
 		of_node_put(dma_np);
@@ -1406,11 +1451,14 @@ static int temac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 				(pdata->tx_irq_count << 16);
 		else
 			lp->tx_chnl_ctrl = 0x10220000;
-		if (pdata->rx_irq_timeout || pdata->rx_irq_count)
+		if (pdata->rx_irq_timeout || pdata->rx_irq_count) {
 			lp->rx_chnl_ctrl = (pdata->rx_irq_timeout << 24) |
 				(pdata->rx_irq_count << 16);
-		else
+			lp->coalesce_count_rx = pdata->rx_irq_count;
+		} else {
 			lp->rx_chnl_ctrl = 0xff070000;
+			lp->coalesce_count_rx = 0x07;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* Error handle returned DMA RX and TX interrupts */
