diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2x_main.c b/drivers/net/bnx2x_main.c
index fce745148ff9a9896640be5e4c4fa780d3fc6b72..61152e149e676ad6c917ec0e36a8be90e6c9a663 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnx2x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnx2x_main.c
@@ -6481,6 +6481,7 @@ static int bnx2x_nic_load(struct bnx2x *bp, int load_mode)
 	bnx2x_free_irq(bp);
 load_error:
 	bnx2x_free_mem(bp);
+	bp->port.pmf = 0;
 
 	/* TBD we really need to reset the chip
 	   if we want to recover from this */
@@ -6791,6 +6792,7 @@ static int bnx2x_nic_unload(struct bnx2x *bp, int unload_mode)
 	/* Report UNLOAD_DONE to MCP */
 	if (!BP_NOMCP(bp))
 		bnx2x_fw_command(bp, DRV_MSG_CODE_UNLOAD_DONE);
+	bp->port.pmf = 0;
 
 	/* Free SKBs, SGEs, TPA pool and driver internals */
 	bnx2x_free_skbs(bp);