1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index ce81ce0698b3..2dc78d7e297a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ static bool ixgbevf_clean_tx_irq(struct ixgbevf_q_vector *q_vector,
         unsigned int i, eop, count = 0;
         unsigned int total_bytes = 0, total_packets = 0;
 
+        if (test_bit(__IXGBEVF_DOWN, &adapter->state))
+                return true;
+
         i = tx_ring->next_to_clean;
         eop = tx_ring->tx_buffer_info[i].next_to_watch;
         eop_desc = IXGBEVF_TX_DESC(tx_ring, eop);