diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_modem.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_modem.c
index 9b136f6b8b4a..d84c1dbd3b1a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_modem.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_modem.c
@@ -266,13 +266,29 @@ void ipa_modem_suspend(struct net_device *netdev)
  * the modem.  We can't enable the queue directly in ipa_modem_resume()
  * because transmits restart the instant the queue is awakened; but the
  * device power state won't be ACTIVE until *after* ipa_modem_resume()
- * returns.
+ * returns.  A transmit restarted before that would stop the queue
+ * again and get -EINPROGRESS from pm_runtime_get(), and with this
+ * work having already run, nothing would ever wake the queue again.
+ * So wait for the resume to complete before waking the queue.
  */
 static void ipa_modem_wake_queue_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct ipa_priv *priv = container_of(work, struct ipa_priv, work);
+	struct device *dev = priv->ipa->dev;
+	int ret;
 
+	ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(dev);
+
+	/* Wake the queue even if the device could not be resumed, so
+	 * that pending packets are dropped by the transmit path rather
+	 * than stranded behind a stopped queue.
+	 */
 	netif_wake_queue(priv->tx->netdev);
+
+	if (ret < 0)
+		pm_runtime_put_noidle(dev);
+	else
+		(void)pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(dev);
 }
 
 /** ipa_modem_resume() - resume callback for runtime_pm