1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index f366b3b96d03..0e07545ccc97 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -1776,6 +1776,7 @@ void igb_down(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
         wr32(E1000_RCTL, rctl & ~E1000_RCTL_EN);
         /* flush and sleep below */
 
+        netif_carrier_off(netdev);
         netif_tx_stop_all_queues(netdev);
 
         /* disable transmits in the hardware */
@@ -1797,12 +1798,9 @@ void igb_down(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
                 }
         }
 
-
         del_timer_sync(&adapter->watchdog_timer);
         del_timer_sync(&adapter->phy_info_timer);
 
-        netif_carrier_off(netdev);
-
         /* record the stats before reset*/
         spin_lock(&adapter->stats64_lock);
         igb_update_stats(adapter, &adapter->stats64);