In accordance with a method for reducing the likelihood of deadlock in a wireless communication system, user equipment may determine that user equipment has data to transmit. The data may correspond to a scheduled flow. The user equipment may determine that a scheduled grant corresponding to the scheduled flow is insufficient to transmit at least one protocol data unit. An insufficiency indicator may be transmitted to a scheduler at least once. The insufficiency indicator may include an indication that the scheduled grant is insufficient to transmit at least one protocol data unit.