diff --git a/drivers/net/sky2.c b/drivers/net/sky2.c
index 15da5e419eb1302ca66dcf3853c719719e0d01de..efc31e93eb785c12caae7991848a1c0af9bb0734 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sky2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sky2.c
@@ -2275,8 +2275,8 @@ static int sky2_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 	sky2_write32(hw, B0_IMSK, 0);
 
 	dev->trans_start = jiffies;	/* prevent tx timeout */
-	netif_stop_queue(dev);
 	napi_disable(&hw->napi);
+	netif_tx_disable(dev);
 
 	synchronize_irq(hw->pdev->irq);