sk->sk_state != SMC_CLOSED) {
                        if (!val) {
                                SMC_STAT_INC(smc, cork_cnt);
-                               mod_delayed_work(smc->conn.lgr->tx_wq,
-                                                &smc->conn.tx_work, 0);
+                               smc_tx_pending(&smc->conn);
+                               cancel_delayed_work(&smc->conn.tx_work);
                        }
                }
                break;
 
        return rc;
 }
 
-/* Wakeup sndbuf consumers from process context
- * since there is more data to transmit
- */
-void smc_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
+void smc_tx_pending(struct smc_connection *conn)
 {
-       struct smc_connection *conn = container_of(to_delayed_work(work),
-                                                  struct smc_connection,
-                                                  tx_work);
        struct smc_sock *smc = container_of(conn, struct smc_sock, conn);
        int rc;
 
-       lock_sock(&smc->sk);
        if (smc->sk.sk_err)
-               goto out;
+               return;
 
        rc = smc_tx_sndbuf_nonempty(conn);
        if (!rc && conn->local_rx_ctrl.prod_flags.write_blocked &&
            !atomic_read(&conn->bytes_to_rcv))
                conn->local_rx_ctrl.prod_flags.write_blocked = 0;
+}
+
+/* Wakeup sndbuf consumers from process context
+ * since there is more data to transmit
+ */
+void smc_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+       struct smc_connection *conn = container_of(to_delayed_work(work),
+                                                  struct smc_connection,
+                                                  tx_work);
+       struct smc_sock *smc = container_of(conn, struct smc_sock, conn);
 
-out:
+       lock_sock(&smc->sk);
+       smc_tx_pending(conn);
        release_sock(&smc->sk);
 }
 
 
        return smc_curs_diff(conn->sndbuf_desc->len, &sent, &prep);
 }
 
+void smc_tx_pending(struct smc_connection *conn);
 void smc_tx_work(struct work_struct *work);
 void smc_tx_init(struct smc_sock *smc);
 int smc_tx_sendmsg(struct smc_sock *smc, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len);