diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_mpc52xx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_mpc52xx.c
index 7a3f066e611da8192b4d27366a11f1d086a6d5af..b3bad429e03bd05908c7f99da4f455ef2e353484 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_mpc52xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_mpc52xx.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ struct mpc52xx_fec_priv {
 static irqreturn_t mpc52xx_fec_interrupt(int, void *);
 static irqreturn_t mpc52xx_fec_rx_interrupt(int, void *);
 static irqreturn_t mpc52xx_fec_tx_interrupt(int, void *);
-static void mpc52xx_fec_stop(struct net_device *dev);
+static void mpc52xx_fec_stop(struct net_device *dev, bool may_sleep);
 static void mpc52xx_fec_start(struct net_device *dev);
 static void mpc52xx_fec_reset(struct net_device *dev);
 
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static int mpc52xx_fec_close(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	netif_stop_queue(dev);
 
-	mpc52xx_fec_stop(dev);
+	mpc52xx_fec_stop(dev, true);
 
 	mpc52xx_fec_free_rx_buffers(dev, priv->rx_dmatsk);
 
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ static void mpc52xx_fec_start(struct net_device *dev)
  *
  * stop all activity on fec and empty dma buffers
  */
-static void mpc52xx_fec_stop(struct net_device *dev)
+static void mpc52xx_fec_stop(struct net_device *dev, bool may_sleep)
 {
 	struct mpc52xx_fec_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct mpc52xx_fec __iomem *fec = priv->fec;
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ static void mpc52xx_fec_stop(struct net_device *dev)
 	bcom_disable(priv->rx_dmatsk);
 
 	/* Wait for tx queue to drain, but only if we're in process context */
-	if (!in_interrupt()) {
+	if (may_sleep) {
 		timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(2000);
 		while (time_before(jiffies, timeout) &&
 				!bcom_queue_empty(priv->tx_dmatsk))
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ static void mpc52xx_fec_reset(struct net_device *dev)
 	struct mpc52xx_fec_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct mpc52xx_fec __iomem *fec = priv->fec;
 
-	mpc52xx_fec_stop(dev);
+	mpc52xx_fec_stop(dev, false);
 
 	out_be32(&fec->rfifo_status, in_be32(&fec->rfifo_status));
 	out_be32(&fec->reset_cntrl, FEC_RESET_CNTRL_RESET_FIFO);