struct hv_device *device = netvsc_channel_to_device(channel);
        struct net_device *ndev = hv_get_drvdata(device);
        int work_done = 0;
+       int ret;
 
        /* If starting a new interval */
        if (!nvchan->desc)
                nvchan->desc = hv_pkt_iter_next(channel, nvchan->desc);
        }
 
-       /* If send of pending receive completions suceeded
-        *   and did not exhaust NAPI budget this time
-        *   and not doing busy poll
+       /* Send any pending receive completions */
+       ret = send_recv_completions(ndev, net_device, nvchan);
+
+       /* If it did not exhaust NAPI budget this time
+        *  and not doing busy poll
         * then re-enable host interrupts
-        *     and reschedule if ring is not empty.
+        *  and reschedule if ring is not empty
+        *   or sending receive completion failed.
         */
-       if (send_recv_completions(ndev, net_device, nvchan) == 0 &&
-           work_done < budget &&
+       if (work_done < budget &&
            napi_complete_done(napi, work_done) &&
-           hv_end_read(&channel->inbound) &&
+           (ret || hv_end_read(&channel->inbound)) &&
            napi_schedule_prep(napi)) {
                hv_begin_read(&channel->inbound);
                __napi_schedule(napi);