wake_up(&q->q_wait);
 }
 
+static inline void
+drbd_queue_work_if_unqueued(struct drbd_work_queue *q, struct drbd_work *w)
+{
+       unsigned long flags;
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&q->q_lock, flags);
+       if (list_empty_careful(&w->list))
+               list_add_tail(&w->list, &q->q);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->q_lock, flags);
+       wake_up(&q->q_wait);
+}
+
 static inline void
 drbd_device_post_work(struct drbd_device *device, int work_bit)
 {
 
 {
        struct drbd_device *device = (struct drbd_device *) data;
 
-       if (list_empty(&device->resync_work.list))
-               drbd_queue_work(&first_peer_device(device)->connection->sender_work,
-                               &device->resync_work);
+       drbd_queue_work_if_unqueued(
+               &first_peer_device(device)->connection->sender_work,
+               &device->resync_work);
 }
 
 static void fifo_set(struct fifo_buffer *fb, int value)
 static bool dequeue_work_batch(struct drbd_work_queue *queue, struct list_head *work_list)
 {
        spin_lock_irq(&queue->q_lock);
-       list_splice_init(&queue->q, work_list);
+       list_splice_tail_init(&queue->q, work_list);
        spin_unlock_irq(&queue->q_lock);
        return !list_empty(work_list);
 }