diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index f366b3b96d03db4cd54351bad599d425520d4df7..0e07545ccc97c9727486afe4b7f9f9520fdd7ff0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -1776,6 +1776,7 @@ void igb_down(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
 	wr32(E1000_RCTL, rctl & ~E1000_RCTL_EN);
 	/* flush and sleep below */
 
+	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
 	netif_tx_stop_all_queues(netdev);
 
 	/* disable transmits in the hardware */
@@ -1797,12 +1798,9 @@ void igb_down(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
 		}
 	}
 
-
 	del_timer_sync(&adapter->watchdog_timer);
 	del_timer_sync(&adapter->phy_info_timer);
 
-	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
-
 	/* record the stats before reset*/
 	spin_lock(&adapter->stats64_lock);
 	igb_update_stats(adapter, &adapter->stats64);