diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgb3/cxgb3_main.c b/drivers/net/cxgb3/cxgb3_main.c
index 6fd968abb073109449ef52d9a8895ed12709aa83..cecdec1551db6eb485da32c39b87add1390c63f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgb3/cxgb3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgb3/cxgb3_main.c
@@ -1280,6 +1280,7 @@ static void cxgb_down(struct adapter *adapter)
 
 	free_irq_resources(adapter);
 	quiesce_rx(adapter);
+	t3_sge_stop(adapter);
 	flush_workqueue(cxgb3_wq);	/* wait for external IRQ handler */
 }