diff --git a/sys/dev/re/if_re.c b/sys/dev/re/if_re.c
index efd593069122..2ad55fd02202 100644
--- a/sys/dev/re/if_re.c
+++ b/sys/dev/re/if_re.c
@@ -1157,6 +1157,7 @@ re_attach(device_t dev)
 
 	msic = 0;
 	if (pci_find_extcap(dev, PCIY_EXPRESS, &reg) == 0) {
+		sc->rl_flags |= RL_FLAG_PCIE;
 		msic = pci_msi_count(dev);
 		if (bootverbose)
 			device_printf(dev, "MSI count : %d\n", msic);
@@ -2042,16 +2043,6 @@ re_txeof(struct rl_softc *sc)
 	/* No changes made to the TX ring, so no flush needed */
 
 	if (sc->rl_ldata.rl_tx_free != sc->rl_ldata.rl_tx_desc_cnt) {
-		/*
-		 * Some chips will ignore a second TX request issued
-		 * while an existing transmission is in progress. If
-		 * the transmitter goes idle but there are still
-		 * packets waiting to be sent, we need to restart the
-		 * channel here to flush them out. This only seems to
-		 * be required with the PCIe devices.
-		 */
-		CSR_WRITE_1(sc, sc->rl_txstart, RL_TXSTART_START);
-
 #ifdef RE_TX_MODERATION
 		/*
 		 * If not all descriptors have been reaped yet, reload
@@ -2115,6 +2106,9 @@ re_poll_locked(struct ifnet *ifp, enum poll_cmd cmd, int count)
 			return;
 		if (status)
 			CSR_WRITE_2(sc, RL_ISR, status);
+		if ((status & (RL_ISR_TX_OK | RL_ISR_TX_DESC_UNAVAIL)) &&
+		    (sc->rl_flags & RL_FLAG_PCIE))
+			CSR_WRITE_1(sc, sc->rl_txstart, RL_TXSTART_START);
 
 		/*
 		 * XXX check behaviour on receiver stalls.
@@ -2176,6 +2170,17 @@ re_int_task(void *arg, int npending)
 	if (status & (RL_ISR_RX_OK|RL_ISR_RX_ERR|RL_ISR_FIFO_OFLOW))
 		rval = re_rxeof(sc);
 
+	/*
+	 * Some chips will ignore a second TX request issued
+	 * while an existing transmission is in progress. If
+	 * the transmitter goes idle but there are still
+	 * packets waiting to be sent, we need to restart the
+	 * channel here to flush them out. This only seems to
+	 * be required with the PCIe devices.
+	 */
+	if ((status & (RL_ISR_TX_OK | RL_ISR_TX_DESC_UNAVAIL)) &&
+	    (sc->rl_flags & RL_FLAG_PCIE))
+		CSR_WRITE_1(sc, sc->rl_txstart, RL_TXSTART_START);
 	if (status & (
 #ifdef RE_TX_MODERATION
 	    RL_ISR_TIMEOUT_EXPIRED|
diff --git a/sys/pci/if_rlreg.h b/sys/pci/if_rlreg.h
index ccea051a18bc..b3569e8663f8 100644
--- a/sys/pci/if_rlreg.h
+++ b/sys/pci/if_rlreg.h
@@ -891,6 +891,7 @@ struct rl_softc {
 #define	RL_FLAG_PHY8110S	0x0800
 #define	RL_FLAG_WOLRXENB	0x1000
 #define	RL_FLAG_MACSLEEP	0x2000
+#define	RL_FLAG_PCIE		0x4000
 #define	RL_FLAG_LINK		0x8000
 };