clear_bit(Wpending, &m->wsched);
        err = p9_fd_write(m->client, m->wbuf + m->wpos, m->wsize - m->wpos);
        p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_TRANS, "mux %p sent %d bytes\n", m, err);
-       if (err == -EAGAIN) {
-               clear_bit(Wworksched, &m->wsched);
-               return;
-       }
+       if (err == -EAGAIN)
+               goto end_clear;
+
 
        if (err < 0)
                goto error;
        if (m->wpos == m->wsize)
                m->wpos = m->wsize = 0;
 
+end_clear:
+       clear_bit(Wworksched, &m->wsched);
+
        if (m->wsize || !list_empty(&m->unsent_req_list)) {
                if (test_and_clear_bit(Wpending, &m->wsched))
                        n = POLLOUT;
                else
                        n = p9_fd_poll(m->client, NULL);
 
-               if (n & POLLOUT) {
+               if ((n & POLLOUT) &&
+                  !test_and_set_bit(Wworksched, &m->wsched)) {
                        p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_TRANS, "sched write work %p\n", m);
                        schedule_work(&m->wq);
-               } else
-                       clear_bit(Wworksched, &m->wsched);
-       } else
-               clear_bit(Wworksched, &m->wsched);
+               }
+       }
 
        return;