diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c
index 27b6f6585527..05e760444a92 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c
@@ -415,10 +415,19 @@ static irqreturn_t sonic_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 			lp->stats.rx_missed_errors += 65536;
 
 		/* transmit error */
-		if (status & SONIC_INT_TXER)
-			if (SONIC_READ(SONIC_TCR) & SONIC_TCR_FU)
-				netif_dbg(lp, tx_err, dev, "%s: tx fifo underrun\n",
-					  __func__);
+		if (status & SONIC_INT_TXER) {
+			u16 tcr = SONIC_READ(SONIC_TCR);
+
+			netif_dbg(lp, tx_err, dev, "%s: TXER intr, TCR %04x\n",
+				  __func__, tcr);
+
+			if (tcr & (SONIC_TCR_EXD | SONIC_TCR_EXC |
+				   SONIC_TCR_FU | SONIC_TCR_BCM)) {
+				/* Aborted transmission. Try again. */
+				netif_stop_queue(dev);
+				SONIC_WRITE(SONIC_CMD, SONIC_CR_TXP);
+			}
+		}
 
 		/* bus retry */
 		if (status & SONIC_INT_BR) {