diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index 0c9a6f7104d2803b4072f5e6bf788df0a98e3aca..76c0fa690cc6adb60e0ab94d1e4cf7cbb6cbb00f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ e1000_down(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_E1000_NAPI
 	napi_disable(&adapter->napi);
+	atomic_set(&adapter->irq_sem, 0);
 #endif
 	e1000_irq_disable(adapter);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
index 2ab3bfbb8a63380b2505756fdfe301374123b569..9cc5a6b01bc1dcfb73ca17ec11a476e586837951 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -2183,6 +2183,7 @@ void e1000e_down(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 	msleep(10);
 
 	napi_disable(&adapter->napi);
+	atomic_set(&adapter->irq_sem, 0);
 	e1000_irq_disable(adapter);
 
 	del_timer_sync(&adapter->watchdog_timer);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
index d2fb88d5cda2773675e87de42d3dee6e0789e8f7..4f63839051b05ca2d282e8e62dd0419713d0e124 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
@@ -296,6 +296,11 @@ ixgb_down(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter, boolean_t kill_watchdog)
 {
 	struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IXGB_NAPI
+	napi_disable(&adapter->napi);
+	atomic_set(&adapter->irq_sem, 0);
+#endif
+
 	ixgb_irq_disable(adapter);
 	free_irq(adapter->pdev->irq, netdev);
 
@@ -304,9 +309,7 @@ ixgb_down(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter, boolean_t kill_watchdog)
 
 	if(kill_watchdog)
 		del_timer_sync(&adapter->watchdog_timer);
-#ifdef CONFIG_IXGB_NAPI
-	napi_disable(&adapter->napi);
-#endif
+
 	adapter->link_speed = 0;
 	adapter->link_duplex = 0;
 	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index de3f45e4c5ae382b5e7feb9995d07a38e1e47fa9..a4265bc1cebb7162fbbdcbc59ffd2590f292fc9e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -1409,9 +1409,11 @@ void ixgbe_down(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 	IXGBE_WRITE_FLUSH(&adapter->hw);
 	msleep(10);
 
+	napi_disable(&adapter->napi);
+	atomic_set(&adapter->irq_sem, 0);
+
 	ixgbe_irq_disable(adapter);
 
-	napi_disable(&adapter->napi);
 	del_timer_sync(&adapter->watchdog_timer);
 
 	netif_carrier_off(netdev);