diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index 03e3ec74f3fbaf821f2a28b0aa7bc6391bbcc571..9927106b76c7bd8714762389c4ed1c67843b302f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -328,11 +328,12 @@ e1000_up(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 		return err;
 
 	mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer, jiffies);
-	e1000_irq_enable(adapter);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_E1000_NAPI
 	netif_poll_enable(netdev);
 #endif
+	e1000_irq_enable(adapter);
+
 	return 0;
 }