diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
index 884d8d1688625596e89a86ed60968508472e690c..1eceffa02b557a4f271697a7ae36d5a20afc2450 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
@@ -541,7 +541,6 @@ int efx_net_open(struct net_device *net_dev)
 	else
 		efx->state = STATE_NET_UP;
 
-	efx_selftest_async_start(efx);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_common.c
index cc30524c2fe45c9f49857ac6af7d5629166992e2..361687de308dceedce7b68105e32173840d6f9d4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_common.c
@@ -544,6 +544,8 @@ void efx_start_all(struct efx_nic *efx)
 	/* Start the hardware monitor if there is one */
 	efx_start_monitor(efx);
 
+	efx_selftest_async_start(efx);
+
 	/* Link state detection is normally event-driven; we have
 	 * to poll now because we could have missed a change
 	 */