diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 48ad47f..50dacca 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2177,6 +2177,9 @@
 	return rc;
 }
 
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, xmit_recursion);
+#define RECURSION_LIMIT 3
+
 /**
  *	dev_queue_xmit - transmit a buffer
  *	@skb: buffer to transmit
@@ -2242,10 +2245,15 @@
 
 		if (txq->xmit_lock_owner != cpu) {
 
+			if (__this_cpu_read(xmit_recursion) > RECURSION_LIMIT)
+				goto recursion_alert;
+
 			HARD_TX_LOCK(dev, txq, cpu);
 
 			if (!netif_tx_queue_stopped(txq)) {
+				__this_cpu_inc(xmit_recursion);
 				rc = dev_hard_start_xmit(skb, dev, txq);
+				__this_cpu_dec(xmit_recursion);
 				if (dev_xmit_complete(rc)) {
 					HARD_TX_UNLOCK(dev, txq);
 					goto out;
@@ -2257,7 +2265,9 @@
 				       "queue packet!\n", dev->name);
 		} else {
 			/* Recursion is detected! It is possible,
-			 * unfortunately */
+			 * unfortunately
+			 */
+recursion_alert:
 			if (net_ratelimit())
 				printk(KERN_CRIT "Dead loop on virtual device "
 				       "%s, fix it urgently!\n", dev->name);