diff --git a/include/net/sch_generic.h b/include/net/sch_generic.h
index f7a6e14491fb..1e625519ae96 100644
--- a/include/net/sch_generic.h
+++ b/include/net/sch_generic.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ struct qdisc_rate_table {
 enum qdisc_state_t {
 	__QDISC_STATE_SCHED,
 	__QDISC_STATE_DEACTIVATED,
+	__QDISC_STATE_MISSED,
 };
 
 struct qdisc_size_table {
@@ -159,8 +160,33 @@ static inline bool qdisc_is_empty(const struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 static inline bool qdisc_run_begin(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 {
 	if (qdisc->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK) {
+		if (spin_trylock(&qdisc->seqlock))
+			goto nolock_empty;
+
+		/* If the MISSED flag is set, it means other thread has
+		 * set the MISSED flag before second spin_trylock(), so
+		 * we can return false here to avoid multi cpus doing
+		 * the set_bit() and second spin_trylock() concurrently.
+		 */
+		if (test_bit(__QDISC_STATE_MISSED, &qdisc->state))
+			return false;
+
+		/* Set the MISSED flag before the second spin_trylock(),
+		 * if the second spin_trylock() return false, it means
+		 * other cpu holding the lock will do dequeuing for us
+		 * or it will see the MISSED flag set after releasing
+		 * lock and reschedule the net_tx_action() to do the
+		 * dequeuing.
+		 */
+		set_bit(__QDISC_STATE_MISSED, &qdisc->state);
+
+		/* Retry again in case other CPU may not see the new flag
+		 * after it releases the lock at the end of qdisc_run_end().
+		 */
 		if (!spin_trylock(&qdisc->seqlock))
 			return false;
+
+nolock_empty:
 		WRITE_ONCE(qdisc->empty, false);
 	} else if (qdisc_is_running(qdisc)) {
 		return false;
@@ -176,8 +202,15 @@ static inline bool qdisc_run_begin(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 static inline void qdisc_run_end(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 {
 	write_seqcount_end(&qdisc->running);
-	if (qdisc->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK)
+	if (qdisc->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK) {
 		spin_unlock(&qdisc->seqlock);
+
+		if (unlikely(test_bit(__QDISC_STATE_MISSED,
+				      &qdisc->state))) {
+			clear_bit(__QDISC_STATE_MISSED, &qdisc->state);
+			__netif_schedule(qdisc);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 static inline bool qdisc_may_bulk(const struct Qdisc *qdisc)
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index 44991ea726fc..795d986e7030 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -640,8 +640,10 @@ static struct sk_buff *pfifo_fast_dequeue(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 {
 	struct pfifo_fast_priv *priv = qdisc_priv(qdisc);
 	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
+	bool need_retry = true;
 	int band;
 
+retry:
 	for (band = 0; band < PFIFO_FAST_BANDS && !skb; band++) {
 		struct skb_array *q = band2list(priv, band);
 
@@ -652,6 +654,23 @@ static struct sk_buff *pfifo_fast_dequeue(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 	}
 	if (likely(skb)) {
 		qdisc_update_stats_at_dequeue(qdisc, skb);
+	} else if (need_retry &&
+		   test_bit(__QDISC_STATE_MISSED, &qdisc->state)) {
+		/* Delay clearing the STATE_MISSED here to reduce
+		 * the overhead of the second spin_trylock() in
+		 * qdisc_run_begin() and __netif_schedule() calling
+		 * in qdisc_run_end().
+		 */
+		clear_bit(__QDISC_STATE_MISSED, &qdisc->state);
+
+		/* Make sure dequeuing happens after clearing
+		 * STATE_MISSED.
+		 */
+		smp_mb__after_atomic();
+
+		need_retry = false;
+
+		goto retry;
 	} else {
 		WRITE_ONCE(qdisc->empty, true);
 	}