diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_dcb_nl.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_dcb_nl.c
index 615c2803202a3d829c6797f50999cf9deb685715..7d158a5c545bb2324fe83506c380207004a22436 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_dcb_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_dcb_nl.c
@@ -124,39 +124,45 @@ static u16 ixgbe_dcb_select_queue(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void ixgbe_dcbnl_set_state(struct net_device *netdev, u8 state)
+static u8 ixgbe_dcbnl_set_state(struct net_device *netdev, u8 state)
 {
+	u8 err = 0;
 	struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
 	DPRINTK(DRV, INFO, "Set DCB Admin Mode.\n");
 
 	if (state > 0) {
 		/* Turn on DCB */
-		if (adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_DCB_ENABLED) {
-			return;
-		} else {
-			if (netif_running(netdev))
-				netdev->stop(netdev);
-			ixgbe_reset_interrupt_capability(adapter);
-			ixgbe_napi_del_all(adapter);
-			kfree(adapter->tx_ring);
-			kfree(adapter->rx_ring);
-			adapter->tx_ring = NULL;
-			adapter->rx_ring = NULL;
-			netdev->select_queue = &ixgbe_dcb_select_queue;
+		if (adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_DCB_ENABLED)
+			goto out;
 
-			adapter->flags &= ~IXGBE_FLAG_RSS_ENABLED;
-			adapter->flags |= IXGBE_FLAG_DCB_ENABLED;
-			ixgbe_init_interrupt_scheme(adapter);
-			ixgbe_napi_add_all(adapter);
-			if (netif_running(netdev))
-				netdev->open(netdev);
+		if (!(adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_MSIX_ENABLED)) {
+			DPRINTK(DRV, ERR, "Enable failed, needs MSI-X\n");
+			err = 1;
+			goto out;
 		}
+
+		if (netif_running(netdev))
+			netdev->netdev_ops->ndo_stop(netdev);
+		ixgbe_reset_interrupt_capability(adapter);
+		ixgbe_napi_del_all(adapter);
+		kfree(adapter->tx_ring);
+		kfree(adapter->rx_ring);
+		adapter->tx_ring = NULL;
+		adapter->rx_ring = NULL;
+		netdev->select_queue = &ixgbe_dcb_select_queue;
+
+		adapter->flags &= ~IXGBE_FLAG_RSS_ENABLED;
+		adapter->flags |= IXGBE_FLAG_DCB_ENABLED;
+		ixgbe_init_interrupt_scheme(adapter);
+		ixgbe_napi_add_all(adapter);
+		if (netif_running(netdev))
+			netdev->netdev_ops->ndo_open(netdev);
 	} else {
 		/* Turn off DCB */
 		if (adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_DCB_ENABLED) {
 			if (netif_running(netdev))
-				netdev->stop(netdev);
+				netdev->netdev_ops->ndo_stop(netdev);
 			ixgbe_reset_interrupt_capability(adapter);
 			ixgbe_napi_del_all(adapter);
 			kfree(adapter->tx_ring);
@@ -170,11 +176,11 @@ static void ixgbe_dcbnl_set_state(struct net_device *netdev, u8 state)
 			ixgbe_init_interrupt_scheme(adapter);
 			ixgbe_napi_add_all(adapter);
 			if (netif_running(netdev))
-				netdev->open(netdev);
-		} else {
-			return;
+				netdev->netdev_ops->ndo_open(netdev);
 		}
 	}
+out:
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void ixgbe_dcbnl_get_perm_hw_addr(struct net_device *netdev,
diff --git a/include/net/dcbnl.h b/include/net/dcbnl.h
index 91e0a3d7faf236c1c0c3e54e0336dee366e74acb..775cfc8055bed122d9e54f30b83c186cccf3a185 100644
--- a/include/net/dcbnl.h
+++ b/include/net/dcbnl.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  */
 struct dcbnl_rtnl_ops {
 	u8   (*getstate)(struct net_device *);
-	void (*setstate)(struct net_device *, u8);
+	u8   (*setstate)(struct net_device *, u8);
 	void (*getpermhwaddr)(struct net_device *, u8 *);
 	void (*setpgtccfgtx)(struct net_device *, int, u8, u8, u8, u8);
 	void (*setpgbwgcfgtx)(struct net_device *, int, u8);
diff --git a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
index a1254061629f55a1ed3b74cc0b0ac1848ecb9224..fc88fc4d4f63263f01c6d51295073273c11d7ae5 100644
--- a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
+++ b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
@@ -714,9 +714,8 @@ static int dcbnl_setstate(struct net_device *netdev, struct nlattr **tb,
 
 	value = nla_get_u8(tb[DCB_ATTR_STATE]);
 
-	netdev->dcbnl_ops->setstate(netdev, value);
-
-	ret = dcbnl_reply(0, RTM_SETDCB, DCB_CMD_SSTATE, DCB_ATTR_STATE,
+	ret = dcbnl_reply(netdev->dcbnl_ops->setstate(netdev, value),
+	                  RTM_SETDCB, DCB_CMD_SSTATE, DCB_ATTR_STATE,
 	                  pid, seq, flags);
 
 	return ret;