diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
index 5a4522860a4c..c6c3cd3c730f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 
 #include "rt2x00.h"
 #include "rt2800lib.h"
@@ -607,6 +608,15 @@ static bool rt2800_txdone_entry_check(struct queue_entry *entry, u32 reg)
 	int wcid, ack, pid;
 	int tx_wcid, tx_ack, tx_pid;
 
+	if (test_bit(ENTRY_OWNER_DEVICE_DATA, &entry->flags) ||
+	    !test_bit(ENTRY_DATA_STATUS_PENDING, &entry->flags)) {
+		WARNING(entry->queue->rt2x00dev,
+			"Data pending for entry %u in queue %u\n",
+			entry->entry_idx, entry->queue->qid);
+		cond_resched();
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	wcid	= rt2x00_get_field32(reg, TX_STA_FIFO_WCID);
 	ack	= rt2x00_get_field32(reg, TX_STA_FIFO_TX_ACK_REQUIRED);
 	pid	= rt2x00_get_field32(reg, TX_STA_FIFO_PID_TYPE);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
index ba82c972703a..6e7fe941b95d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
@@ -477,8 +477,10 @@ static void rt2800usb_work_txdone(struct work_struct *work)
 		while (!rt2x00queue_empty(queue)) {
 			entry = rt2x00queue_get_entry(queue, Q_INDEX_DONE);
 
-			if (test_bit(ENTRY_OWNER_DEVICE_DATA, &entry->flags))
+			if (test_bit(ENTRY_OWNER_DEVICE_DATA, &entry->flags) ||
+			    !test_bit(ENTRY_DATA_STATUS_PENDING, &entry->flags))
 				break;
+
 			if (test_bit(ENTRY_DATA_IO_FAILED, &entry->flags))
 				rt2x00lib_txdone_noinfo(entry, TXDONE_FAILURE);
 			else if (rt2x00queue_status_timeout(entry))