diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b62e046d1197..b4fd32d2b499 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8bf2e58f8b7a14244bf182ad0a3ba0457ad70c62
+refs/heads/master: 7c2873809dd1a2d5e46be3f0ff2071fcdc3cf0fd
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/trunk/drivers/net/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index 4d6dac7617f7..985e6f83b31a 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -704,9 +704,8 @@ void mlx4_en_stop_port(struct net_device *dev)
 	netif_tx_stop_all_queues(dev);
 	netif_tx_unlock_bh(dev);
 
-	/* close port*/
+	/* Set port as not active */
 	priv->port_up = false;
-	mlx4_CLOSE_PORT(mdev->dev, priv->port);
 
 	/* Unregister Mac address for the port */
 	mlx4_unregister_mac(mdev->dev, priv->port, priv->mac_index);
@@ -731,6 +730,9 @@ void mlx4_en_stop_port(struct net_device *dev)
 			msleep(1);
 		mlx4_en_deactivate_cq(priv, &priv->rx_cq[i]);
 	}
+
+	/* close port*/
+	mlx4_CLOSE_PORT(mdev->dev, priv->port);
 }
 
 static void mlx4_en_restart(struct work_struct *work)