1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index e2dbe0427cdf..50f9ab72c95f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ static void i40e_tx_timeout(struct net_device *netdev)
         pf->tx_timeout_count++;
 
         if (time_after(jiffies, (pf->tx_timeout_last_recovery + HZ*20)))
-                pf->tx_timeout_recovery_level = 0;
+                pf->tx_timeout_recovery_level = 1;
         pf->tx_timeout_last_recovery = jiffies;
         netdev_info(netdev, "tx_timeout recovery level %d\n",
                     pf->tx_timeout_recovery_level);
@@ -6826,6 +6826,8 @@ static int i40e_sw_init(struct i40e_pf *pf)
         pf->irq_pile->num_entries = pf->hw.func_caps.num_msix_vectors;
         pf->irq_pile->search_hint = 0;
 
+        pf->tx_timeout_recovery_level = 1;
+
         mutex_init(&pf->switch_mutex);
 
 sw_init_done: