diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 7b859220c255..8f0460901153 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -1969,7 +1969,8 @@ void ixgbe_down(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
 	netif_stop_queue(netdev);
 
-	ixgbe_reset(adapter);
+	if (!pci_channel_offline(adapter->pdev))
+		ixgbe_reset(adapter);
 	ixgbe_clean_all_tx_rings(adapter);
 	ixgbe_clean_all_rx_rings(adapter);