1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 068870483f8d..3dc6cef58107 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -4330,6 +4330,10 @@ static int ixgbe_set_num_queues(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
         adapter->num_tx_queues = 1;
 
 done:
+        if ((adapter->netdev->reg_state == NETREG_UNREGISTERED) ||
+            (adapter->netdev->reg_state == NETREG_UNREGISTERING))
+                return 0;
+
         /* Notify the stack of the (possibly) reduced queue counts. */
         netif_set_real_num_tx_queues(adapter->netdev, adapter->num_tx_queues);
         return netif_set_real_num_rx_queues(adapter->netdev,