1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
index 06d88f316dce..6a0526a59a8a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
@@ -1206,7 +1206,8 @@ static int e1000_setup_desc_rings(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
         rx_ring->next_to_clean = 0;
 
         rctl = er32(RCTL);
-        ew32(RCTL, rctl & ~E1000_RCTL_EN);
+        if (!(adapter->flags2 & FLAG2_NO_DISABLE_RX))
+                ew32(RCTL, rctl & ~E1000_RCTL_EN);
         ew32(RDBAL, ((u64) rx_ring->dma & 0xFFFFFFFF));
         ew32(RDBAH, ((u64) rx_ring->dma >> 32));
         ew32(RDLEN, rx_ring->size);