1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index d2cda9e5963f..1066d53e102c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -3244,13 +3244,15 @@ void ixgbe_down(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 
         /* disable receive for all VFs and wait one second */
         if (adapter->num_vfs) {
-                for (i = 0 ; i < adapter->num_vfs; i++)
-                        adapter->vfinfo[i].clear_to_send = 0;
-
                 /* ping all the active vfs to let them know we are going down */
                 ixgbe_ping_all_vfs(adapter);
+
                 /* Disable all VFTE/VFRE TX/RX */
                 ixgbe_disable_tx_rx(adapter);
+
+                /* Mark all the VFs as inactive */
+                for (i = 0 ; i < adapter->num_vfs; i++)
+                        adapter->vfinfo[i].clear_to_send = 0;
         }
 
         /* disable receives */