diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 5fe7e95fdd34..62c3441911e7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -4454,6 +4454,26 @@ static bool stmmac_tso_valid_packet(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	       header_len + gso_size < 16383;
 }
 
+static int stmmac_tso_get_num_desc(struct stmmac_tx_queue *tx_q,
+				   struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pay_len)
+{
+	int i, ndesc = 1;
+
+	/* head payload */
+	ndesc += DIV_ROUND_UP(pay_len, TSO_MAX_BUFF_SIZE);
+	/* frag payload */
+	for (i = 0; i < skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; i++) {
+		const skb_frag_t *frag = &skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i];
+
+		ndesc += DIV_ROUND_UP(skb_frag_size(frag),
+				      TSO_MAX_BUFF_SIZE);
+	}
+	/* MSS update requires a new descriptor */
+	ndesc += !!(skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size != tx_q->mss);
+
+	return ndesc;
+}
+
 /**
  *  stmmac_tso_xmit - Tx entry point of the driver for oversized frames (TSO)
  *  @skb : the socket buffer
@@ -4497,10 +4517,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t stmmac_tso_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	unsigned int first_entry, entry, tx_packets;
 	struct stmmac_txq_stats *txq_stats;
+	int i, first_tx, nfrags, ndesc;
 	struct stmmac_tx_queue *tx_q;
 	bool set_ic, is_last_segment;
 	u32 pay_len, mss, queue;
-	int i, first_tx, nfrags;
 	u8 proto_hdr_len, hdr;
 	dma_addr_t des;
 
@@ -4513,14 +4533,15 @@ static netdev_tx_t stmmac_tso_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	/* Compute header lengths */
 	proto_hdr_len = stmmac_tso_header_size(skb);
+	pay_len = skb_headlen(skb) - proto_hdr_len; /* no frags */
+
 	if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_UDP_L4)
 		hdr = sizeof(struct udphdr);
 	else
 		hdr = tcp_hdrlen(skb);
 
-	/* Desc availability based on threshold should be enough safe */
-	if (unlikely(stmmac_tx_avail(priv, queue) <
-		(((skb->len - proto_hdr_len) / TSO_MAX_BUFF_SIZE + 1)))) {
+	ndesc = stmmac_tso_get_num_desc(tx_q, skb, pay_len);
+	if (unlikely(stmmac_tx_avail(priv, queue) < ndesc)) {
 		if (!netif_tx_queue_stopped(netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, queue))) {
 			netif_tx_stop_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(priv->dev,
 								queue));
@@ -4532,8 +4553,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t stmmac_tso_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
 	}
 
-	pay_len = skb_headlen(skb) - proto_hdr_len; /* no frags */
-
 	mss = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size;
 
 	/* set new MSS value if needed */