diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
index fea1601f32a36..b32bc4848ae32 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -6317,6 +6317,33 @@ static int __e1000_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev, bool runtime)
 			return retval;
 	}
 
+	/* Ensure that the appropriate bits are set in LPI_CTRL
+	 * for EEE in Sx
+	 */
+	if ((hw->phy.type >= e1000_phy_i217) &&
+	    adapter->eee_advert && hw->dev_spec.ich8lan.eee_lp_ability) {
+		u16 lpi_ctrl = 0;
+
+		retval = hw->phy.ops.acquire(hw);
+		if (!retval) {
+			retval = e1e_rphy_locked(hw, I82579_LPI_CTRL,
+						 &lpi_ctrl);
+			if (!retval) {
+				if (adapter->eee_advert &
+				    hw->dev_spec.ich8lan.eee_lp_ability &
+				    I82579_EEE_100_SUPPORTED)
+					lpi_ctrl |= I82579_LPI_CTRL_100_ENABLE;
+				if (adapter->eee_advert &
+				    hw->dev_spec.ich8lan.eee_lp_ability &
+				    I82579_EEE_1000_SUPPORTED)
+					lpi_ctrl |= I82579_LPI_CTRL_1000_ENABLE;
+
+				retval = e1e_wphy_locked(hw, I82579_LPI_CTRL,
+							 lpi_ctrl);
+			}
+		}
+		hw->phy.ops.release(hw);
+	}
 
 	/* Release control of h/w to f/w.  If f/w is AMT enabled, this
 	 * would have already happened in close and is redundant.