diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000.h
index 58c147271a362e68914d55d97b71b327b194e86b..e4093d1f64cb5d7dfa92372af9c8454dfa0928c4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000.h
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ struct e1000_adapter;
 
 #define E1000_MAX_INTR			10
 
+/*
+ * Count for polling __E1000_RESET condition every 10-20msec.
+ */
+#define E1000_CHECK_RESET_COUNT	50
+
 /* TX/RX descriptor defines */
 #define E1000_DEFAULT_TXD		256
 #define E1000_MAX_TXD			256
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
index e38622825fa7336ae74f64229f3e5619cb668335..c0f52174e4c8b909711e68047da150d64b8ad5b6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -1440,6 +1440,10 @@ static int e1000_close(struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct e1000_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
+	int count = E1000_CHECK_RESET_COUNT;
+
+	while (test_bit(__E1000_RESETTING, &adapter->flags) && count--)
+		usleep_range(10000, 20000);
 
 	WARN_ON(test_bit(__E1000_RESETTING, &adapter->flags));
 	e1000_down(adapter);
@@ -4963,6 +4967,11 @@ static int __e1000_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev, bool *enable_wake)
 	netif_device_detach(netdev);
 
 	if (netif_running(netdev)) {
+		int count = E1000_CHECK_RESET_COUNT;
+
+		while (test_bit(__E1000_RESETTING, &adapter->flags) && count--)
+			usleep_range(10000, 20000);
+
 		WARN_ON(test_bit(__E1000_RESETTING, &adapter->flags));
 		e1000_down(adapter);
 	}