diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 2491ebc978716d78149f9839c437dc6e6d5ba57c..b28a979061dc415408b2dd6acc525604b0a583f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -4414,7 +4414,7 @@ static int handle_login_rsp(union ibmvnic_crq *login_rsp_crq,
 	     adapter->req_rx_add_queues !=
 	     be32_to_cpu(login_rsp->num_rxadd_subcrqs))) {
 		dev_err(dev, "FATAL: Inconsistent login and login rsp\n");
-		ibmvnic_remove(adapter->vdev);
+		ibmvnic_reset(adapter, VNIC_RESET_FATAL);
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 	size_array = (u64 *)((u8 *)(adapter->login_rsp_buf) +