diff --git a/drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.c b/drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.c
index e405601..213b9af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.c
@@ -4562,7 +4562,7 @@
          * fake transmission time and go on trying. Our own timeout
          * routine is in sktr_timer_chk()
          */
-        dev->trans_start = jiffies;
+        dev->trans_start = jiffies; /* prevent tx timeout */
         netif_wake_queue(dev);
 }