diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
index 0b9537b..dde7ae7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
@@ -579,6 +579,9 @@
 
 	u8 num_ringpairs;	/* total number of ring pairs in vector */
 
+#define I40E_Q_VECTOR_HUNG_DETECT 0 /* Bit Index for hung detection logic */
+	unsigned long hung_detected; /* Set/Reset for hung_detection logic */
+
 	cpumask_t affinity_mask;
 	struct rcu_head rcu;	/* to avoid race with update stats on free */
 	char name[I40E_INT_NAME_STR_LEN];
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 9e6268b..e19a579 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -4368,17 +4368,41 @@
 	else
 		val = rd32(&pf->hw, I40E_PFINT_DYN_CTL0);
 
+	/* Bail out if interrupts are disabled because napi_poll
+	 * execution in-progress or will get scheduled soon.
+	 * napi_poll cleans TX and RX queues and updates 'next_to_clean'.
+	 */
+	if (!(val & I40E_PFINT_DYN_CTLN_INTENA_MASK))
+		return;
+
 	head = i40e_get_head(tx_ring);
 
 	tx_pending = i40e_get_tx_pending(tx_ring);
 
-	/* Interrupts are disabled and TX pending is non-zero,
-	 * trigger the SW interrupt (don't wait). Worst case
-	 * there will be one extra interrupt which may result
-	 * into not cleaning any queues because queues are cleaned.
+	/* HW is done executing descriptors, updated HEAD write back,
+	 * but SW hasn't processed those descriptors. If interrupt is
+	 * not generated from this point ON, it could result into
+	 * dev_watchdog detecting timeout on those netdev_queue,
+	 * hence proactively trigger SW interrupt.
 	 */
-	if (tx_pending && (!(val & I40E_PFINT_DYN_CTLN_INTENA_MASK)))
-		i40e_force_wb(vsi, tx_ring->q_vector);
+	if (tx_pending) {
+		/* NAPI Poll didn't run and clear since it was set */
+		if (test_and_clear_bit(I40E_Q_VECTOR_HUNG_DETECT,
+				       &tx_ring->q_vector->hung_detected)) {
+			netdev_info(vsi->netdev, "VSI_seid %d, Hung TX queue %d, tx_pending: %d, NTC:0x%x, HWB: 0x%x, NTU: 0x%x, TAIL: 0x%x\n",
+				    vsi->seid, q_idx, tx_pending,
+				    tx_ring->next_to_clean, head,
+				    tx_ring->next_to_use,
+				    readl(tx_ring->tail));
+			netdev_info(vsi->netdev, "VSI_seid %d, Issuing force_wb for TX queue %d, Interrupt Reg: 0x%x\n",
+				    vsi->seid, q_idx, val);
+			i40e_force_wb(vsi, tx_ring->q_vector);
+		} else {
+			/* First Chance - detected possible hung */
+			set_bit(I40E_Q_VECTOR_HUNG_DETECT,
+				&tx_ring->q_vector->hung_detected);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index 7371df7..1d7d01c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -1891,6 +1891,8 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	/* Clear hung_detected bit */
+	clear_bit(I40E_Q_VECTOR_HUNG_DETECT, &q_vector->hung_detected);
 	/* Since the actual Tx work is minimal, we can give the Tx a larger
 	 * budget and be more aggressive about cleaning up the Tx descriptors.
 	 */