struct ieee80211_tx_info *rts_info;
        struct sk_buff *skb;
        int size;
+       int retval = 0;
 
        if (tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_USE_CTS_PROTECT)
                size = sizeof(struct ieee80211_cts);
                size = sizeof(struct ieee80211_rts);
 
        skb = dev_alloc_skb(size + rt2x00dev->hw->extra_tx_headroom);
-       if (!skb) {
+       if (unlikely(!skb)) {
                WARNING(rt2x00dev, "Failed to create RTS/CTS frame.\n");
-               return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+               return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
        skb_reserve(skb, rt2x00dev->hw->extra_tx_headroom);
                                  frag_skb->data, size, tx_info,
                                  (struct ieee80211_rts *)(skb->data));
 
-       if (rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame(queue, skb)) {
+       retval = rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame(queue, skb);
+       if (retval) {
                dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
                WARNING(rt2x00dev, "Failed to send RTS/CTS frame.\n");
-               return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
        }
 
-       return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+       return retval;
 }
 
 int rt2x00mac_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
         * Note that we can only stop the TX queues inside the TX path
         * due to possible race conditions in mac80211.
         */
-       if (!test_bit(DEVICE_PRESENT, &rt2x00dev->flags)) {
-               ieee80211_stop_queues(hw);
-               dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
-               return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-       }
+       if (!test_bit(DEVICE_PRESENT, &rt2x00dev->flags))
+               goto exit_fail;
 
        /*
         * Determine which queue to put packet on.
        if ((tx_info->flags & (IEEE80211_TX_CTL_USE_RTS_CTS |
                               IEEE80211_TX_CTL_USE_CTS_PROTECT)) &&
            !rt2x00dev->ops->hw->set_rts_threshold) {
-               if (rt2x00queue_available(queue) <= 1) {
-                       ieee80211_stop_queue(rt2x00dev->hw, qid);
-                       return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
-               }
-
-               if (rt2x00mac_tx_rts_cts(rt2x00dev, queue, skb)) {
-                       ieee80211_stop_queue(rt2x00dev->hw, qid);
-                       return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
-               }
-       }
+               if (rt2x00queue_available(queue) <= 1)
+                       goto exit_fail;
 
-       if (rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame(queue, skb)) {
-               ieee80211_stop_queue(rt2x00dev->hw, qid);
-               return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+               if (rt2x00mac_tx_rts_cts(rt2x00dev, queue, skb))
+                       goto exit_fail;
        }
 
+       if (rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame(queue, skb))
+               goto exit_fail;
+
        if (rt2x00queue_threshold(queue))
                ieee80211_stop_queue(rt2x00dev->hw, qid);
 
        return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+
+ exit_fail:
+       ieee80211_stop_queue(rt2x00dev->hw, qid);
+       dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+       return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt2x00mac_tx);