{
        struct solos_card *card = vcc->dev->dev_data;
        unsigned char port = SOLOS_CHAN(vcc->dev);
-       struct sk_buff *skb;
+       struct sk_buff *skb, *tmpskb;
        struct pkt_hdr *header;
 
+       /* Remove any yet-to-be-transmitted packets from the pending queue */
+       spin_lock(&card->tx_queue_lock);
+       skb_queue_walk_safe(&card->tx_queue[port], skb, tmpskb) {
+               if (SKB_CB(skb)->vcc == vcc) {
+                       skb_unlink(skb, &card->tx_queue[port]);
+                       solos_pop(vcc, skb);
+               }
+       }
+       spin_unlock(&card->tx_queue_lock);
+
        skb = alloc_skb(sizeof(*header), GFP_ATOMIC);
        if (!skb) {
                dev_warn(&card->dev->dev, "Failed to allocate sk_buff in pclose()\n");
        skb_get(skb);
        fpga_queue(card, port, skb, NULL);
 
-       clear_bit(ATM_VF_ADDR, &vcc->flags);
-       clear_bit(ATM_VF_READY, &vcc->flags);
-
        if (!wait_event_timeout(card->param_wq, !skb_shared(skb), 5 * HZ))
                dev_warn(&card->dev->dev,
                         "Timeout waiting for VCC close on port %d\n", port);
           tasklet has finished processing any incoming packets (and, more to
           the point, using the vcc pointer). */
        tasklet_unlock_wait(&card->tlet);
+
+       clear_bit(ATM_VF_ADDR, &vcc->flags);
+
        return;
 }