diff --git a/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c b/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c
index 92bda873d44a..4b18ebd7e850 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c
@@ -865,6 +865,7 @@ static bool mlxbf_tmfifo_virtio_notify(struct virtqueue *vq)
 			tm_vdev = fifo->vdev[VIRTIO_ID_CONSOLE];
 			mlxbf_tmfifo_console_output(tm_vdev, vring);
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fifo->spin_lock[0], flags);
+			set_bit(MLXBF_TM_TX_LWM_IRQ, &fifo->pend_events);
 		} else if (test_and_set_bit(MLXBF_TM_TX_LWM_IRQ,
 					    &fifo->pend_events)) {
 			return true;