diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
index cab1835173cd..648a87bbf467 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -2535,7 +2535,8 @@ void e1000e_down(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 	adapter->link_speed = 0;
 	adapter->link_duplex = 0;
 
-	e1000e_reset(adapter);
+	if (!pci_channel_offline(adapter->pdev))
+		e1000e_reset(adapter);
 	e1000_clean_tx_ring(adapter);
 	e1000_clean_rx_ring(adapter);