diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
index 6e75c4320f80b11d5d2082db872192cf11232cff..d138db8d6e7aab79749cf7cff4c320e33a65cf00 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
@@ -1797,9 +1797,23 @@ static int axienet_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void axienet_shutdown(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct net_device *ndev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+
+	rtnl_lock();
+	netif_device_detach(ndev);
+
+	if (netif_running(ndev))
+		dev_close(ndev);
+
+	rtnl_unlock();
+}
+
 static struct platform_driver axienet_driver = {
 	.probe = axienet_probe,
 	.remove = axienet_remove,
+	.shutdown = axienet_shutdown,
 	.driver = {
 		 .name = "xilinx_axienet",
 		 .of_match_table = axienet_of_match,