diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 3f5c5a4291a6cbf0ffad8c2fc17d320313bb5d86..9cd44adcea14cbcef99a299a8539d2d73d8776e1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -2175,8 +2175,12 @@ static irqreturn_t ixgbe_intr(int irq, void *data)
 
 	switch (hw->mac.type) {
 	case ixgbe_mac_82599EB:
-	case ixgbe_mac_X540:
 		ixgbe_check_sfp_event(adapter, eicr);
+		/* Fall through */
+	case ixgbe_mac_X540:
+		if (eicr & IXGBE_EICR_ECC)
+			e_info(link, "Received unrecoverable ECC err, please "
+				     "reboot\n");
 		ixgbe_check_overtemp_event(adapter, eicr);
 		break;
 	default: