Please pick revert-commit commit caff422ea81e144842bc44bab408d85ac449377b ("Revert "e1000e: fix cyclic resets at link up with active tx"") and (optionally) proper fix commit d17ba0f616a08f597d9348c372d89b8c0405ccf3 ("e1000e: start network tx queue only when link is up") into 4.9, 4.14, 4.19, 5.1, 5.2 buggy commit 0f9e980bf5ee1a97e2e401c846b2af989eb21c61 ("e1000e: fix cyclic resets at link up with active tx") commited in 5.0 and was picked into 4.9, 4.14, 4.19 It generates annoying false-positive hung-hardware warnings https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=203175 Original problem isn't so severe so feel free to skip second commit if it doesn't apply clearly.