diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h
index 26df28f4bfb2..d61fe3a72118 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ struct mwifiex_tid_tbl {
 #define WMM_HIGHEST_PRIORITY		7
 #define HIGH_PRIO_TID				7
 #define LOW_PRIO_TID				0
+#define NO_PKT_PRIO_TID				-1
 #define MWIFIEX_WMM_DRV_DELAY_MAX 510
 
 struct mwifiex_wmm_desc {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/wmm.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/wmm.c
index 1ff3a87d5784..28c2f6fae3e6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/wmm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/wmm.c
@@ -1105,6 +1105,7 @@ mwifiex_wmm_get_highest_priolist_ptr(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter,
 				    &adapter->bss_prio_tbl[j].bss_prio_head,
 				    list) {
 
+try_again:
 			priv_tmp = adapter->bss_prio_tbl[j].bss_prio_cur->priv;
 
 			if (((priv_tmp->bss_mode != NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) &&
@@ -1140,8 +1141,18 @@ mwifiex_wmm_get_highest_priolist_ptr(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter,
 						       ra_list_spinlock,
 						       flags_ra);
 			}
-		}
 
+			if (atomic_read(&priv_tmp->wmm.tx_pkts_queued) != 0) {
+				atomic_set(&priv_tmp->wmm.highest_queued_prio,
+					   HIGH_PRIO_TID);
+				/* Iterate current private once more, since
+				 * there still exist packets in data queue
+				 */
+				goto try_again;
+			} else
+				atomic_set(&priv_tmp->wmm.highest_queued_prio,
+					   NO_PKT_PRIO_TID);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return NULL;