diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 6d24aa57ce3c13e73018be0adebc1239f57ee07a..a4b3d66b39a0406d0c0d8a06a36342b1beeb0ac8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -1957,6 +1957,10 @@ static void ixgbevf_up_complete(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter)
 	clear_bit(__IXGBEVF_DOWN, &adapter->state);
 	ixgbevf_napi_enable_all(adapter);
 
+	/* clear any pending interrupts, may auto mask */
+	IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_VTEICR);
+	ixgbevf_irq_enable(adapter);
+
 	/* enable transmits */
 	netif_tx_start_all_queues(netdev);
 
@@ -1969,16 +1973,9 @@ static void ixgbevf_up_complete(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter)
 
 void ixgbevf_up(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter)
 {
-	struct ixgbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
-
 	ixgbevf_configure(adapter);
 
 	ixgbevf_up_complete(adapter);
-
-	/* clear any pending interrupts, may auto mask */
-	IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_VTEICR);
-
-	ixgbevf_irq_enable(adapter);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2085,17 +2082,20 @@ void ixgbevf_down(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter)
 	for (i = 0; i < adapter->num_rx_queues; i++)
 		ixgbevf_disable_rx_queue(adapter, adapter->rx_ring[i]);
 
-	netif_tx_disable(netdev);
-
-	msleep(10);
+	usleep_range(10000, 20000);
 
 	netif_tx_stop_all_queues(netdev);
 
+	/* call carrier off first to avoid false dev_watchdog timeouts */
+	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+	netif_tx_disable(netdev);
+
 	ixgbevf_irq_disable(adapter);
 
 	ixgbevf_napi_disable_all(adapter);
 
 	del_timer_sync(&adapter->watchdog_timer);
+
 	/* can't call flush scheduled work here because it can deadlock
 	 * if linkwatch_event tries to acquire the rtnl_lock which we are
 	 * holding */
@@ -2110,8 +2110,6 @@ void ixgbevf_down(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter)
 				IXGBE_TXDCTL_SWFLSH);
 	}
 
-	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
-
 	if (!pci_channel_offline(adapter->pdev))
 		ixgbevf_reset(adapter);
 
@@ -2995,10 +2993,6 @@ static int ixgbevf_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 	if (!adapter->num_msix_vectors)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	/* disallow open during test */
-	if (test_bit(__IXGBEVF_TESTING, &adapter->state))
-		return -EBUSY;
-
 	if (hw->adapter_stopped) {
 		ixgbevf_reset(adapter);
 		/* if adapter is still stopped then PF isn't up and
@@ -3011,6 +3005,12 @@ static int ixgbevf_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* disallow open during test */
+	if (test_bit(__IXGBEVF_TESTING, &adapter->state))
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+
 	/* allocate transmit descriptors */
 	err = ixgbevf_setup_all_tx_resources(adapter);
 	if (err)
@@ -3030,15 +3030,11 @@ static int ixgbevf_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 	 */
 	ixgbevf_map_rings_to_vectors(adapter);
 
-	ixgbevf_up_complete(adapter);
-
-	/* clear any pending interrupts, may auto mask */
-	IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_VTEICR);
 	err = ixgbevf_request_irq(adapter);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_req_irq;
 
-	ixgbevf_irq_enable(adapter);
+	ixgbevf_up_complete(adapter);
 
 	return 0;