diff --git a/src/gsm/lapd_core.c b/src/gsm/lapd_core.c
index ef1d22a..8c5fe9c 100644
--- a/src/gsm/lapd_core.c
+++ b/src/gsm/lapd_core.c
@@ -1607,6 +1607,12 @@
 		if (!dl->own_busy) {
 			/* NOTE: V(R) is already set above */
 			rc = lapd_send_i(lctx, __LINE__);
+
+			/* if update_pending_iframe returns 0 it updated
+			 * the lapd header of an iframe in the tx queue */
+			if (rc && dl->update_pending_frames)
+				rc = dl->update_pending_frames(lctx);
+
 			if (rc) {
 				LOGP(DLLAPD, LOGL_INFO, "we are not busy and "
 					"have no pending data, send RR\n");
diff --git a/src/gsm/lapdm.c b/src/gsm/lapdm.c
index 4edae63..698f850 100644
--- a/src/gsm/lapdm.c
+++ b/src/gsm/lapdm.c
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
 static int lapdm_send_ph_data_req(struct lapd_msg_ctx *lctx, struct msgb *msg);
 static int send_rslms_dlsap(struct osmo_dlsap_prim *dp,
 	struct lapd_msg_ctx *lctx);
+static int update_pending_frames(struct lapd_msg_ctx *lctx);
 
 static void lapdm_dl_init(struct lapdm_datalink *dl,
 			  struct lapdm_entity *entity, int t200)
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@
 	dl->dl.reestablish = 0; /* GSM uses no reestablish */
 	dl->dl.send_ph_data_req = lapdm_send_ph_data_req;
 	dl->dl.send_dlsap = send_rslms_dlsap;
+	dl->dl.update_pending_frames = update_pending_frames;
 	dl->dl.n200_est_rel = N200_EST_REL;
 	dl->dl.n200 = N200;
 	dl->dl.t203_sec = 0; dl->dl.t203_usec = 0;
@@ -488,6 +490,25 @@
 			23);
 }
 
+static int update_pending_frames(struct lapd_msg_ctx *lctx)
+{
+	struct lapd_datalink *dl = lctx->dl;
+	struct msgb *msg;
+	int rc = -1;
+
+	llist_for_each_entry(msg, &dl->tx_queue, list) {
+		if (LAPDm_CTRL_is_I(msg->l2h[1])) {
+			msg->l2h[1] = LAPDm_CTRL_I(dl->v_recv, LAPDm_CTRL_I_Ns(msg->l2h[1]),
+					LAPDm_CTRL_PF_BIT(msg->l2h[1]));
+			rc = 0;
+		} else if (LAPDm_CTRL_is_S(msg->l2h[1])) {
+			LOGP(DLLAPD, LOGL_ERROR, "Supervisory frame in queue, this shouldn't happen\n");
+		}
+	}
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
 /* input into layer2 (from layer 1) */
 static int l2_ph_data_ind(struct msgb *msg, struct lapdm_entity *le,
 	uint8_t chan_nr, uint8_t link_id)