diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 7dda8b22980d88f81a4bc156f8b424e88c59ed84..2210ab24771186a3de77ed31c82fc491246ef82d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -3517,6 +3517,19 @@ static void i40e_napi_disable_all(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
 		napi_disable(&vsi->q_vectors[q_idx]->napi);
 }
 
+/**
+ * i40e_vsi_close - Shut down a VSI
+ * @vsi: the vsi to be quelled
+ **/
+static void i40e_vsi_close(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
+{
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(__I40E_DOWN, &vsi->state))
+		i40e_down(vsi);
+	i40e_vsi_free_irq(vsi);
+	i40e_vsi_free_tx_resources(vsi);
+	i40e_vsi_free_rx_resources(vsi);
+}
+
 /**
  * i40e_quiesce_vsi - Pause a given VSI
  * @vsi: the VSI being paused
@@ -3530,8 +3543,7 @@ static void i40e_quiesce_vsi(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
 	if (vsi->netdev && netif_running(vsi->netdev)) {
 		vsi->netdev->netdev_ops->ndo_stop(vsi->netdev);
 	} else {
-		set_bit(__I40E_DOWN, &vsi->state);
-		i40e_down(vsi);
+		i40e_vsi_close(vsi);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -4383,14 +4395,7 @@ static int i40e_close(struct net_device *netdev)
 	struct i40e_netdev_priv *np = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	struct i40e_vsi *vsi = np->vsi;
 
-	if (test_and_set_bit(__I40E_DOWN, &vsi->state))
-		return 0;
-
-	i40e_down(vsi);
-	i40e_vsi_free_irq(vsi);
-
-	i40e_vsi_free_tx_resources(vsi);
-	i40e_vsi_free_rx_resources(vsi);
+	i40e_vsi_close(vsi);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -7075,11 +7080,7 @@ int i40e_vsi_release(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
 				unregister_netdev(vsi->netdev);
 			}
 		} else {
-			if (!test_and_set_bit(__I40E_DOWN, &vsi->state))
-				i40e_down(vsi);
-			i40e_vsi_free_irq(vsi);
-			i40e_vsi_free_tx_resources(vsi);
-			i40e_vsi_free_rx_resources(vsi);
+			i40e_vsi_close(vsi);
 		}
 		i40e_vsi_disable_irq(vsi);
 	}