spin_lock(&portdev->c_ovq_lock);
        if (virtqueue_add_outbuf(vq, sg, 1, &cpkt, GFP_ATOMIC) == 0) {
                virtqueue_kick(vq);
-               while (!virtqueue_get_buf(vq, &len))
+               while (!virtqueue_get_buf(vq, &len)
+                       && !virtqueue_is_broken(vq))
                        cpu_relax();
        }
        spin_unlock(&portdev->c_ovq_lock);
         * we need to kmalloc a GFP_ATOMIC buffer each time the
         * console driver writes something out.
         */
-       while (!virtqueue_get_buf(out_vq, &len))
+       while (!virtqueue_get_buf(out_vq, &len)
+               && !virtqueue_is_broken(out_vq))
                cpu_relax();
 done:
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->outvq_lock, flags);