diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 256feac588ef..d7262674eab7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ static void free_long_term_buff(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 				struct ibmvnic_long_term_buff *ltb);
 static void ibmvnic_disable_irqs(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter);
 static void flush_reset_queue(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter);
+static void print_subcrq_error(struct device *dev, int rc, const char *func);
 
 struct ibmvnic_stat {
 	char name[ETH_GSTRING_LEN];
@@ -2334,8 +2335,29 @@ static void ibmvnic_tx_scrq_clean_buffer(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 	}
 }
 
+static int send_subcrq_direct(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
+			      u64 remote_handle, u64 *entry)
+{
+	unsigned int ua = adapter->vdev->unit_address;
+	struct device *dev = &adapter->vdev->dev;
+	int rc;
+
+	/* Make sure the hypervisor sees the complete request */
+	dma_wmb();
+	rc = plpar_hcall_norets(H_SEND_SUB_CRQ, ua,
+				cpu_to_be64(remote_handle),
+				cpu_to_be64(entry[0]), cpu_to_be64(entry[1]),
+				cpu_to_be64(entry[2]), cpu_to_be64(entry[3]));
+
+	if (rc)
+		print_subcrq_error(dev, rc, __func__);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
 static int ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
-				 struct ibmvnic_sub_crq_queue *tx_scrq)
+				 struct ibmvnic_sub_crq_queue *tx_scrq,
+				 bool indirect)
 {
 	struct ibmvnic_ind_xmit_queue *ind_bufp;
 	u64 dma_addr;
@@ -2350,7 +2372,13 @@ static int ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 
 	if (!entries)
 		return 0;
-	rc = send_subcrq_indirect(adapter, handle, dma_addr, entries);
+
+	if (indirect)
+		rc = send_subcrq_indirect(adapter, handle, dma_addr, entries);
+	else
+		rc = send_subcrq_direct(adapter, handle,
+					(u64 *)ind_bufp->indir_arr);
+
 	if (rc)
 		ibmvnic_tx_scrq_clean_buffer(adapter, tx_scrq);
 	else
@@ -2408,7 +2436,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 		tx_dropped++;
 		tx_send_failed++;
 		ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
-		lpar_rc = ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush(adapter, tx_scrq);
+		lpar_rc = ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush(adapter, tx_scrq, true);
 		if (lpar_rc != H_SUCCESS)
 			goto tx_err;
 		goto out;
@@ -2426,7 +2454,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 		tx_send_failed++;
 		tx_dropped++;
 		ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
-		lpar_rc = ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush(adapter, tx_scrq);
+		lpar_rc = ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush(adapter, tx_scrq, true);
 		if (lpar_rc != H_SUCCESS)
 			goto tx_err;
 		goto out;
@@ -2521,6 +2549,16 @@ static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 		tx_crq.v1.flags1 |= IBMVNIC_TX_LSO;
 		tx_crq.v1.mss = cpu_to_be16(skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size);
 		hdrs += 2;
+	} else if (!ind_bufp->index && !netdev_xmit_more()) {
+		ind_bufp->indir_arr[0] = tx_crq;
+		ind_bufp->index = 1;
+		tx_buff->num_entries = 1;
+		netdev_tx_sent_queue(txq, skb->len);
+		lpar_rc = ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush(adapter, tx_scrq, false);
+		if (lpar_rc != H_SUCCESS)
+			goto tx_err;
+
+		goto early_exit;
 	}
 
 	if ((*hdrs >> 7) & 1)
@@ -2530,7 +2568,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	tx_buff->num_entries = num_entries;
 	/* flush buffer if current entry can not fit */
 	if (num_entries + ind_bufp->index > IBMVNIC_MAX_IND_DESCS) {
-		lpar_rc = ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush(adapter, tx_scrq);
+		lpar_rc = ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush(adapter, tx_scrq, true);
 		if (lpar_rc != H_SUCCESS)
 			goto tx_flush_err;
 	}
@@ -2538,15 +2576,17 @@ static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	indir_arr[0] = tx_crq;
 	memcpy(&ind_bufp->indir_arr[ind_bufp->index], &indir_arr[0],
 	       num_entries * sizeof(struct ibmvnic_generic_scrq));
+
 	ind_bufp->index += num_entries;
 	if (__netdev_tx_sent_queue(txq, skb->len,
 				   netdev_xmit_more() &&
 				   ind_bufp->index < IBMVNIC_MAX_IND_DESCS)) {
-		lpar_rc = ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush(adapter, tx_scrq);
+		lpar_rc = ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush(adapter, tx_scrq, true);
 		if (lpar_rc != H_SUCCESS)
 			goto tx_err;
 	}
 
+early_exit:
 	if (atomic_add_return(num_entries, &tx_scrq->used)
 					>= adapter->req_tx_entries_per_subcrq) {
 		netdev_dbg(netdev, "Stopping queue %d\n", queue_num);