diff --git a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
index 0f86b60a0c0e..2efd1eae9a7c 100644
--- a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
@@ -648,18 +648,37 @@ static int ntb_set_mw(struct ntb_transport_ctx *nt, int num_mw,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void ntb_qp_link_down_reset(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp)
+{
+	qp->link_is_up = false;
+
+	qp->tx_index = 0;
+	qp->rx_index = 0;
+	qp->rx_bytes = 0;
+	qp->rx_pkts = 0;
+	qp->rx_ring_empty = 0;
+	qp->rx_err_no_buf = 0;
+	qp->rx_err_oflow = 0;
+	qp->rx_err_ver = 0;
+	qp->rx_memcpy = 0;
+	qp->rx_async = 0;
+	qp->tx_bytes = 0;
+	qp->tx_pkts = 0;
+	qp->tx_ring_full = 0;
+	qp->tx_err_no_buf = 0;
+	qp->tx_memcpy = 0;
+	qp->tx_async = 0;
+}
+
 static void ntb_qp_link_cleanup(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp)
 {
 	struct ntb_transport_ctx *nt = qp->transport;
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = nt->ndev->pdev;
 
-	if (qp->link_is_up) {
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&qp->link_work);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "qp %d: Link Cleanup\n", qp->qp_num);
-	qp->link_is_up = false;
+
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&qp->link_work);
+	ntb_qp_link_down_reset(qp);
 
 	if (qp->event_handler)
 		qp->event_handler(qp->cb_data, qp->link_is_up);
@@ -866,9 +885,9 @@ static int ntb_transport_init_queue(struct ntb_transport_ctx *nt,
 	qp->qp_num = qp_num;
 	qp->transport = nt;
 	qp->ndev = nt->ndev;
-	qp->link_is_up = false;
 	qp->client_ready = false;
 	qp->event_handler = NULL;
+	ntb_qp_link_down_reset(qp);
 
 	if (qp_count % mw_count && mw_num + 1 < qp_count / mw_count)
 		num_qps_mw = qp_count / mw_count + 1;
@@ -1468,7 +1487,6 @@ static void ntb_send_link_down(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp)
 	if (!qp->link_is_up)
 		return;
 
-	qp->link_is_up = false;
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "qp %d: Send Link Down\n", qp->qp_num);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NTB_LINK_DOWN_TIMEOUT; i++) {
@@ -1490,6 +1508,8 @@ static void ntb_send_link_down(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp)
 	if (rc)
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "ntb: QP%d unable to send linkdown msg\n",
 			qp->qp_num);
+
+	ntb_qp_link_down_reset(qp);
 }
 
 /**