diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
index 2b065d26a5ae215c82d640eecf90ce57b9731e8a..078d262ac7ccf568a8840ec894ddd42136e9a46b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
@@ -1851,23 +1851,25 @@ static int fcoe_percpu_receive_thread(void *arg)
 
 	set_user_nice(current, -20);
 
+retry:
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
 
 		spin_lock_bh(&p->fcoe_rx_list.lock);
 		skb_queue_splice_init(&p->fcoe_rx_list, &tmp);
-		spin_unlock_bh(&p->fcoe_rx_list.lock);
-
-		while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&tmp)) != NULL)
-			fcoe_recv_frame(skb);
 
-		spin_lock_bh(&p->fcoe_rx_list.lock);
-		if (!skb_queue_len(&p->fcoe_rx_list)) {
+		if (!skb_queue_len(&tmp)) {
 			set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 			spin_unlock_bh(&p->fcoe_rx_list.lock);
 			schedule();
 			set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
-		} else
-			spin_unlock_bh(&p->fcoe_rx_list.lock);
+			goto retry;
+		}
+
+		spin_unlock_bh(&p->fcoe_rx_list.lock);
+
+		while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&tmp)) != NULL)
+			fcoe_recv_frame(skb);
+
 	}
 	return 0;
 }