diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c
index f09c7dacdf1e93ea139049e8bdb9cceeb0066ef9..5bbb0b92bdf7e1906d7f8b46014a4f73cfff56bb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c
@@ -1417,6 +1417,8 @@ static int igb_intr_test(struct igb_adapter *adapter, u64 *data)
 			*data = 1;
 			return -1;
 		}
+		wr32(E1000_IVAR_MISC, E1000_IVAR_VALID << 8);
+		wr32(E1000_EIMS, BIT(0));
 	} else if (adapter->flags & IGB_FLAG_HAS_MSI) {
 		shared_int = false;
 		if (request_irq(irq,