diff --git a/drivers/net/loopback.c b/drivers/net/loopback.c
index f2a6e71..c1d0956 100644
--- a/drivers/net/loopback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/loopback.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 struct pcpu_lstats {
 	unsigned long packets;
 	unsigned long bytes;
+	int	      depth;
 };
 
 /* KISS: just allocate small chunks and copy bits.
@@ -158,8 +159,16 @@ static int loopback_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	lb_stats->bytes += skb->len;
 	lb_stats->packets++;
 
-	netif_rx(skb);
-
+	/*
+	 * We can call netif_receive_skb() instead of netif_rx()
+	 * to speedup processing, but not in case of recursion,
+	 * or we risk stack overflow.
+	 */
+	if (lb_stats->depth++ == 0)
+		netif_receive_skb(skb);
+	else
+		netif_rx(skb);
+	lb_stats->depth--;
 	return 0;
 }