diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e759667badaa..ae31c05efa70 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ff846f52935e6c8dfb0c97df7c2c1bf777454684
+refs/heads/master: c0dfb90e5b2d41c907de9b624657a6688541837e
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index fe7e260e0157..5258b3d6405b 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -3291,22 +3291,23 @@ void ixgbe_down(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 	rxctrl = IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_RXCTRL);
 	IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_RXCTRL, rxctrl & ~IXGBE_RXCTRL_RXEN);
 
-	netif_tx_disable(netdev);
-
 	IXGBE_WRITE_FLUSH(hw);
 	msleep(10);
 
 	netif_tx_stop_all_queues(netdev);
 
-	ixgbe_irq_disable(adapter);
-
-	ixgbe_napi_disable_all(adapter);
-
 	clear_bit(__IXGBE_SFP_MODULE_NOT_FOUND, &adapter->state);
 	del_timer_sync(&adapter->sfp_timer);
 	del_timer_sync(&adapter->watchdog_timer);
 	cancel_work_sync(&adapter->watchdog_task);
 
+	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+	netif_tx_disable(netdev);
+
+	ixgbe_irq_disable(adapter);
+
+	ixgbe_napi_disable_all(adapter);
+
 	if (adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_FDIR_HASH_CAPABLE ||
 	    adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_FDIR_PERFECT_CAPABLE)
 		cancel_work_sync(&adapter->fdir_reinit_task);
@@ -3324,8 +3325,6 @@ void ixgbe_down(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 		                (IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_DMATXCTL) &
 		                 ~IXGBE_DMATXCTL_TE));
 
-	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
-
 	/* clear n-tuple filters that are cached */
 	ethtool_ntuple_flush(netdev);