diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index 5ec31598ee4775708094fabcd3e1775325e65dfa..d22350055285dbd7b8cfc9754ae578d0f7e06bd0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -2771,8 +2771,6 @@ void igb_configure_tx_ring(struct igb_adapter *adapter,
 
 	txdctl |= E1000_TXDCTL_QUEUE_ENABLE;
 	wr32(E1000_TXDCTL(reg_idx), txdctl);
-
-	netdev_tx_reset_queue(txring_txq(ring));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3282,6 +3280,8 @@ static void igb_clean_tx_ring(struct igb_ring *tx_ring)
 		igb_unmap_and_free_tx_resource(tx_ring, buffer_info);
 	}
 
+	netdev_tx_reset_queue(txring_txq(tx_ring));
+
 	size = sizeof(struct igb_tx_buffer) * tx_ring->count;
 	memset(tx_ring->tx_buffer_info, 0, size);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
index 31a2bf76a3461f3ce307844592eb23970ebd1f43..cfe7d269590c891e9df2e4538cec504631c682f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
@@ -1780,6 +1780,8 @@ static u16 ixgbe_clean_test_rings(struct ixgbe_ring *rx_ring,
 		rx_desc = IXGBE_RX_DESC(rx_ring, rx_ntc);
 	}
 
+	netdev_tx_reset_queue(txring_txq(tx_ring));
+
 	/* re-map buffers to ring, store next to clean values */
 	ixgbe_alloc_rx_buffers(rx_ring, count);
 	rx_ring->next_to_clean = rx_ntc;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 50f0700d250da92655d4e604aa1f41d6a57565a8..467948e9ecd951dcff54d4bcf43e4adc0ddde8c0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -2671,8 +2671,6 @@ void ixgbe_configure_tx_ring(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
 	/* enable queue */
 	IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_TXDCTL(reg_idx), txdctl);
 
-	netdev_tx_reset_queue(txring_txq(ring));
-
 	/* TXDCTL.EN will return 0 on 82598 if link is down, so skip it */
 	if (hw->mac.type == ixgbe_mac_82598EB &&
 	    !(IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_LINKS) & IXGBE_LINKS_UP))
@@ -4167,6 +4165,8 @@ static void ixgbe_clean_tx_ring(struct ixgbe_ring *tx_ring)
 		ixgbe_unmap_and_free_tx_resource(tx_ring, tx_buffer_info);
 	}
 
+	netdev_tx_reset_queue(txring_txq(tx_ring));
+
 	size = sizeof(struct ixgbe_tx_buffer) * tx_ring->count;
 	memset(tx_ring->tx_buffer_info, 0, size);