diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f78ddd1de67a..480bc0076c5a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 80cb0021163cb55b14c7c054073f89d63a2e1e40
+refs/heads/master: 6efb5fac4d6b617972ab5a10bf67e0eba2c2d212
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index 995d4b6d5c1e..f278b10ef714 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -1637,6 +1637,17 @@ void mlx4_en_stop_port(struct net_device *dev, int detach)
 	/* Flush multicast filter */
 	mlx4_SET_MCAST_FLTR(mdev->dev, priv->port, 0, 1, MLX4_MCAST_CONFIG);
 
+	/* Remove flow steering rules for the port*/
+	if (mdev->dev->caps.steering_mode ==
+	    MLX4_STEERING_MODE_DEVICE_MANAGED) {
+		ASSERT_RTNL();
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(flow, tmp_flow,
+					 &priv->ethtool_list, list) {
+			mlx4_flow_detach(mdev->dev, flow->id);
+			list_del(&flow->list);
+		}
+	}
+
 	mlx4_en_destroy_drop_qp(priv);
 
 	/* Free TX Rings */
@@ -1657,17 +1668,6 @@ void mlx4_en_stop_port(struct net_device *dev, int detach)
 	if (!(mdev->dev->caps.flags2 & MLX4_DEV_CAP_FLAGS2_REASSIGN_MAC_EN))
 		mdev->mac_removed[priv->port] = 1;
 
-	/* Remove flow steering rules for the port*/
-	if (mdev->dev->caps.steering_mode ==
-	    MLX4_STEERING_MODE_DEVICE_MANAGED) {
-		ASSERT_RTNL();
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(flow, tmp_flow,
-					 &priv->ethtool_list, list) {
-			mlx4_flow_detach(mdev->dev, flow->id);
-			list_del(&flow->list);
-		}
-	}
-
 	/* Free RX Rings */
 	for (i = 0; i < priv->rx_ring_num; i++) {
 		mlx4_en_deactivate_rx_ring(priv, &priv->rx_ring[i]);