diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/tx.c
index b8fe8adc43a31c2c044f1665c04e1ca0f569f9a0..451ed60c629613d8a2cca71dee8604a01aa5e275 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/tx.c
@@ -461,11 +461,11 @@ mt76_txq_schedule_list(struct mt76_phy *phy, enum mt76_txq_id qid)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	while (1) {
+		int n_frames = 0;
+
 		if (test_bit(MT76_STATE_PM, &phy->state) ||
-		    test_bit(MT76_RESET, &phy->state)) {
-			ret = -EBUSY;
-			break;
-		}
+		    test_bit(MT76_RESET, &phy->state))
+			return -EBUSY;
 
 		if (dev->queue_ops->tx_cleanup &&
 		    q->queued + 2 * MT_TXQ_FREE_THR >= q->ndesc) {
@@ -497,11 +497,16 @@ mt76_txq_schedule_list(struct mt76_phy *phy, enum mt76_txq_id qid)
 		}
 
 		if (!mt76_txq_stopped(q))
-			ret += mt76_txq_send_burst(phy, q, mtxq);
+			n_frames = mt76_txq_send_burst(phy, q, mtxq);
 
 		spin_unlock_bh(&q->lock);
 
 		ieee80211_return_txq(phy->hw, txq, false);
+
+		if (unlikely(n_frames < 0))
+			return n_frames;
+
+		ret += n_frames;
 	}
 
 	return ret;