1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index e237748995c1..7ddd60e7d389 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -3684,10 +3684,6 @@ void ixgbe_down(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
         /* signal that we are down to the interrupt handler */
         set_bit(__IXGBE_DOWN, &adapter->state);
 
-        /* power down the optics */
-        if (hw->phy.multispeed_fiber)
-                hw->mac.ops.disable_tx_laser(hw);
-
         /* disable receive for all VFs and wait one second */
         if (adapter->num_vfs) {
                 /* ping all the active vfs to let them know we are going down */
@@ -3742,6 +3738,10 @@ void ixgbe_down(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
                                 (IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_DMATXCTL) &
                                  ~IXGBE_DMATXCTL_TE));
 
+        /* power down the optics */
+        if (hw->phy.multispeed_fiber)
+                hw->mac.ops.disable_tx_laser(hw);
+
         /* clear n-tuple filters that are cached */
         ethtool_ntuple_flush(netdev);