diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.c b/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.c
index 722246cf20a..c0d6a049cbd 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.c
@@ -435,6 +435,9 @@ static void tsi721_db_dpc(struct work_struct *work)
 				" info %4.4x\n", DBELL_SID(idb.bytes),
 				DBELL_TID(idb.bytes), DBELL_INF(idb.bytes));
 		}
+
+		wr_ptr = ioread32(priv->regs +
+				  TSI721_IDQ_WP(IDB_QUEUE)) % IDB_QSIZE;
 	}
 
 	iowrite32(rd_ptr & (IDB_QSIZE - 1),
@@ -445,6 +448,10 @@ static void tsi721_db_dpc(struct work_struct *work)
 	regval |= TSI721_SR_CHINT_IDBQRCV;
 	iowrite32(regval,
 		priv->regs + TSI721_SR_CHINTE(IDB_QUEUE));
+
+	wr_ptr = ioread32(priv->regs + TSI721_IDQ_WP(IDB_QUEUE)) % IDB_QSIZE;
+	if (wr_ptr != rd_ptr)
+		schedule_work(&priv->idb_work);
 }
 
 /**