From: Slawomir Laba <slawomirx.laba@xxxxxxxxx> commit d2c0f45fcceb0995f208c441d9c9a453623f9ccf upstream. The driver was queueing reset_task regardless of the netdev state. Do not queue the reset task in iavf_change_mtu if netdev is not running. Fixes: fdd4044ffdc8 ("iavf: Remove timer for work triggering, use delaying work instead") Signed-off-by: Slawomir Laba <slawomirx.laba@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Phani Burra <phani.r.burra@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mateusz Palczewski <mateusz.palczewski@xxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Konrad Jankowski <konrad0.jankowski@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c @@ -3323,8 +3323,11 @@ static int iavf_change_mtu(struct net_de iavf_notify_client_l2_params(&adapter->vsi); adapter->flags |= IAVF_FLAG_SERVICE_CLIENT_REQUESTED; } - adapter->flags |= IAVF_FLAG_RESET_NEEDED; - queue_work(iavf_wq, &adapter->reset_task); + + if (netif_running(netdev)) { + adapter->flags |= IAVF_FLAG_RESET_NEEDED; + queue_work(iavf_wq, &adapter->reset_task); + } return 0; } Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from slawomirx.laba@xxxxxxxxx are queue-5.4/iavf-fix-missing-check-for-running-netdev.patch