diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c
index 58d5a07d0ff4da6397118fb4b3b051ac936ed95b..913b716ed2e141189a978af29ab5d54c1b606387 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ void mlx4_en_update_loopback_state(struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	struct mlx4_en_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
+	if (features & NETIF_F_LOOPBACK)
+		priv->ctrl_flags |= cpu_to_be32(MLX4_WQE_CTRL_FORCE_LOOPBACK);
+	else
+		priv->ctrl_flags &= cpu_to_be32(~MLX4_WQE_CTRL_FORCE_LOOPBACK);
+
 	priv->flags &= ~(MLX4_EN_FLAG_RX_FILTER_NEEDED|
 			MLX4_EN_FLAG_ENABLE_HW_LOOPBACK);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index 51b20663c2a6182f9c1a6ce7da2731e08a339ff2..d73ab1ba5a7845029abafbae15260a4e6b0477af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -2210,13 +2210,11 @@ static int mlx4_en_set_features(struct net_device *netdev,
 		en_info(priv, "Turn %s TX vlan strip offload\n",
 			(features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX) ? "ON" : "OFF");
 
-	if (features & NETIF_F_LOOPBACK)
-		priv->ctrl_flags |= cpu_to_be32(MLX4_WQE_CTRL_FORCE_LOOPBACK);
-	else
-		priv->ctrl_flags &=
-			cpu_to_be32(~MLX4_WQE_CTRL_FORCE_LOOPBACK);
-
-	mlx4_en_update_loopback_state(netdev, features);
+	if (DEV_FEATURE_CHANGED(netdev, features, NETIF_F_LOOPBACK)) {
+		en_info(priv, "Turn %s loopback\n",
+			(features & NETIF_F_LOOPBACK) ? "ON" : "OFF");
+		mlx4_en_update_loopback_state(netdev, features);
+	}
 
 	return 0;