diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
index 75a8c407e815c08c0a031f190c8bde7b1892fb50..5d620a39ea802372c700311676c4db4f49a5bbde 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
@@ -1560,10 +1560,13 @@ int otx2_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	err = otx2_rxtx_enable(pf, true);
 	if (err)
-		goto err_free_cints;
+		goto err_tx_stop_queues;
 
 	return 0;
 
+err_tx_stop_queues:
+	netif_tx_stop_all_queues(netdev);
+	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
 err_free_cints:
 	otx2_free_cints(pf, qidx);
 	vec = pci_irq_vector(pf->pdev,