diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/sge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/sge.c
index e21a2e691382e79d893aef5ce44701b4ebd8ffeb..c3afec1041f85a298a3de9487a8af806398432b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/sge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/sge.c
@@ -3301,6 +3301,9 @@ void t3_sge_stop(struct adapter *adap)
 
 	t3_sge_stop_dma(adap);
 
+	/* workqueues aren't initialized otherwise */
+	if (!(adap->flags & FULL_INIT_DONE))
+		return;
 	for (i = 0; i < SGE_QSETS; ++i) {
 		struct sge_qset *qs = &adap->sge.qs[i];