diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
index a03b5284a050..635aa6729529 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ void rt2800_txdone_entry(struct queue_entry *entry, u32 status, __le32 *txwi,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt2800_txdone_entry);
 
-void rt2800_txdone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
+void rt2800_txdone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, unsigned int quota)
 {
 	struct data_queue *queue;
 	struct queue_entry *entry;
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ void rt2800_txdone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
 	u8 qid;
 	bool match;
 
-	while (kfifo_get(&rt2x00dev->txstatus_fifo, &reg)) {
+	while (quota-- > 0 && kfifo_get(&rt2x00dev->txstatus_fifo, &reg)) {
 		/*
 		 * TX_STA_FIFO_PID_QUEUE is a 2-bit field, thus qid is
 		 * guaranteed to be one of the TX QIDs .
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800lib.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800lib.h
index 0dff2c7b3010..506c319070dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800lib.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800lib.h
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ void rt2800_process_rxwi(struct queue_entry *entry, struct rxdone_entry_desc *tx
 
 void rt2800_txdone_entry(struct queue_entry *entry, u32 status, __le32 *txwi,
 			 bool match);
-void rt2800_txdone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev);
+void rt2800_txdone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, unsigned int quota);
 void rt2800_txdone_nostatus(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev);
 bool rt2800_txstatus_timeout(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800mmio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800mmio.c
index ddb88cfeace2..f7635a47dbcd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800mmio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800mmio.c
@@ -255,20 +255,6 @@ void rt2800mmio_autowake_tasklet(unsigned long data)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt2800mmio_autowake_tasklet);
 
-static void rt2800mmio_txdone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
-{
-	bool timeout = false;
-
-	while (!kfifo_is_empty(&rt2x00dev->txstatus_fifo) ||
-	       (timeout = rt2800_txstatus_timeout(rt2x00dev))) {
-
-		rt2800_txdone(rt2x00dev);
-
-		if (timeout)
-			rt2800_txdone_nostatus(rt2x00dev);
-	}
-}
-
 static bool rt2800mmio_fetch_txstatus(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
 {
 	u32 status;
@@ -305,14 +291,11 @@ void rt2800mmio_txstatus_tasklet(unsigned long data)
 {
 	struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev = (struct rt2x00_dev *)data;
 
-	do {
-		rt2800mmio_txdone(rt2x00dev);
+	rt2800_txdone(rt2x00dev, 16);
 
-	} while (rt2800mmio_fetch_txstatus(rt2x00dev));
+	if (!kfifo_is_empty(&rt2x00dev->txstatus_fifo))
+		tasklet_schedule(&rt2x00dev->txstatus_tasklet);
 
-	if (test_bit(DEVICE_STATE_ENABLED_RADIO, &rt2x00dev->flags))
-		rt2800mmio_enable_interrupt(rt2x00dev,
-					    INT_SOURCE_CSR_TX_FIFO_STATUS);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt2800mmio_txstatus_tasklet);
 
@@ -339,8 +322,10 @@ irqreturn_t rt2800mmio_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_instance)
 	mask = ~reg;
 
 	if (rt2x00_get_field32(reg, INT_SOURCE_CSR_TX_FIFO_STATUS)) {
+		rt2x00_set_field32(&mask, INT_MASK_CSR_TX_FIFO_STATUS, 1);
 		rt2800mmio_fetch_txstatus(rt2x00dev);
-		tasklet_schedule(&rt2x00dev->txstatus_tasklet);
+		if (!kfifo_is_empty(&rt2x00dev->txstatus_fifo))
+			tasklet_schedule(&rt2x00dev->txstatus_tasklet);
 	}
 
 	if (rt2x00_get_field32(reg, INT_SOURCE_CSR_PRE_TBTT))
@@ -500,7 +485,8 @@ void rt2800mmio_flush_queue(struct data_queue *queue, bool drop)
 		 */
 		if (tx_queue) {
 			tasklet_disable(&rt2x00dev->txstatus_tasklet);
-			rt2800mmio_txdone(rt2x00dev);
+			rt2800_txdone(rt2x00dev, UINT_MAX);
+			rt2800_txdone_nostatus(rt2x00dev);
 			tasklet_enable(&rt2x00dev->txstatus_tasklet);
 		}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
index 19eabf16147b..0bdcab374203 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ static void rt2800usb_work_txdone(struct work_struct *work)
 	while (!kfifo_is_empty(&rt2x00dev->txstatus_fifo) ||
 	       rt2800_txstatus_timeout(rt2x00dev)) {
 
-		rt2800_txdone(rt2x00dev);
+		rt2800_txdone(rt2x00dev, UINT_MAX);
 
 		rt2800_txdone_nostatus(rt2x00dev);
 
