diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c
index ecc96312a370..c8a6f163102f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c
@@ -152,16 +152,6 @@ void rt2x00mac_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	if (unlikely(rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame(queue, skb, control->sta, false)))
 		goto exit_fail;
 
-	/*
-	 * Pausing queue has to be serialized with rt2x00lib_txdone(). Note
-	 * we should not use spin_lock_bh variant as bottom halve was already
-	 * disabled before ieee80211_xmit() call.
-	 */
-	spin_lock(&queue->tx_lock);
-	if (rt2x00queue_threshold(queue))
-		rt2x00queue_pause_queue(queue);
-	spin_unlock(&queue->tx_lock);
-
 	return;
 
  exit_fail:
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
index a2c1ca5c76d1..39d523bbb661 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
@@ -714,6 +714,13 @@ int rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame(struct data_queue *queue, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	rt2x00queue_write_tx_descriptor(entry, &txdesc);
 	rt2x00queue_kick_tx_queue(queue, &txdesc);
 
+	/*
+	 * Pausing queue has to be serialized with rt2x00lib_txdone(), so we
+	 * do this under queue->tx_lock. Bottom halve was already disabled
+	 * before ieee80211_xmit() call.
+	 */
+	if (rt2x00queue_threshold(queue))
+		rt2x00queue_pause_queue(queue);
 out:
 	spin_unlock(&queue->tx_lock);
 	return ret;