diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 67a53709f132..e25fb3a8633a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e7d906f714994885b4889d02d6478e7a9418dcbe
+refs/heads/master: a68ea775ad24ff403437c967628d2b9ce531ce48
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c b/trunk/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
index 3845fb698b4d..e819f1997550 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ static irqreturn_t e1000_intr(int irq, void *data)
 	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
 	u32 rctl, icr = er32(ICR);
 
-	if (!icr)
+	if (!icr || test_bit(__E1000_DOWN, &adapter->state))
 		return IRQ_NONE;  /* Not our interrupt */
 
 	/*