diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index ba3035c08572e3c56c7195c0a02529c580a72da8..dd8a3a037c2f0c323f76393148056e0b32db356c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -7621,17 +7621,19 @@ static void ixgbe_reset_subtask(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 	if (!test_and_clear_bit(__IXGBE_RESET_REQUESTED, &adapter->state))
 		return;
 
+	rtnl_lock();
 	/* If we're already down, removing or resetting, just bail */
 	if (test_bit(__IXGBE_DOWN, &adapter->state) ||
 	    test_bit(__IXGBE_REMOVING, &adapter->state) ||
-	    test_bit(__IXGBE_RESETTING, &adapter->state))
+	    test_bit(__IXGBE_RESETTING, &adapter->state)) {
+		rtnl_unlock();
 		return;
+	}
 
 	ixgbe_dump(adapter);
 	netdev_err(adapter->netdev, "Reset adapter\n");
 	adapter->tx_timeout_count++;
 
-	rtnl_lock();
 	ixgbe_reinit_locked(adapter);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 }