diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 73fdae58082a..18ac3e1cff7f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a3dc3da02a7c29237ca4ce3ec17f0e1f87ff0a06
+refs/heads/master: 72ab51954d108e4999b3c958ae21da731d2d789a
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
index ec8bce154364..60cad65dbc2e 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
@@ -1782,7 +1782,8 @@ ixgb_clean(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 	/* If budget not fully consumed, exit the polling mode */
 	if (work_done < budget) {
 		netif_rx_complete(netdev, napi);
-		ixgb_irq_enable(adapter);
+		if (!test_bit(__IXGB_DOWN, &adapter->flags))
+			ixgb_irq_enable(adapter);
 	}
 
 	return work_done;