diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgb3/l2t.c b/drivers/net/cxgb3/l2t.c
index 17ed4c3527b7..865faee53e17 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgb3/l2t.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgb3/l2t.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ void t3_l2t_update(struct t3cdev *dev, struct neighbour *neigh)
 			if (neigh->nud_state & NUD_FAILED) {
 				arpq = e->arpq_head;
 				e->arpq_head = e->arpq_tail = NULL;
-			} else if (neigh_is_connected(neigh))
+			} else if (neigh->nud_state & (NUD_CONNECTED|NUD_STALE))
 				setup_l2e_send_pending(dev, NULL, e);
 		} else {
 			e->state = neigh_is_connected(neigh) ?