1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
index 7acb3edc47ef..2602852cc55a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ static int ibmveth_close(struct net_device *netdev)
         if (!adapter->pool_config)
                 netif_stop_queue(netdev);
 
-        free_irq(netdev->irq, netdev);
+        h_vio_signal(adapter->vdev->unit_address, VIO_IRQ_DISABLE);
 
         do {
                 lpar_rc = h_free_logical_lan(adapter->vdev->unit_address);
@@ -689,6 +689,8 @@ static int ibmveth_close(struct net_device *netdev)
                                      lpar_rc);
         }
 
+        free_irq(netdev->irq, netdev);
+
         adapter->rx_no_buffer = *(u64*)(((char*)adapter->buffer_list_addr) + 4096 - 8);
 
         ibmveth_cleanup(adapter);