diff --git a/net/mac802154/tx.c b/net/mac802154/tx.c
index 5b471e9322713c02c0b2c2f621fbe2e88a323a07..8ddcd2e841cabe145794e026b09aaf34d269f0e8 100644
--- a/net/mac802154/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac802154/tx.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ void ieee802154_xmit_sync_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 err_tx:
 	/* Restart the netif queue on each sub_if_data object. */
 	ieee802154_release_queue(local);
-	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&local->phy->ongoing_txs))
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&local->phy->ongoing_txs))
 		wake_up(&local->phy->sync_txq);
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 	netdev_dbg(dev, "transmission failed\n");
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ ieee802154_tx(struct ieee802154_local *local, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 err_wake_netif_queue:
 	ieee802154_release_queue(local);
-	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&local->phy->ongoing_txs))
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&local->phy->ongoing_txs))
 		wake_up(&local->phy->sync_txq);
 err_free_skb:
 	kfree_skb(skb);
diff --git a/net/mac802154/util.c b/net/mac802154/util.c
index 60f6c0f10641bb65ff5023a7922af9b94be349ad..f08605f59b609a548512cabaf6b845f86235bd8d 100644
--- a/net/mac802154/util.c
+++ b/net/mac802154/util.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ void ieee802154_xmit_complete(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 
 	dev_consume_skb_any(skb);
-	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&hw->phy->ongoing_txs))
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&hw->phy->ongoing_txs))
 		wake_up(&hw->phy->sync_txq);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee802154_xmit_complete);
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ void ieee802154_xmit_error(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	local->tx_result = reason;
 	ieee802154_release_queue(local);
 	dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
-	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&hw->phy->ongoing_txs))
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&hw->phy->ongoing_txs))
 		wake_up(&hw->phy->sync_txq);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee802154_xmit_error);