diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_base.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_base.c
index 59258d7911060267f88c9cd0a618e606114ba556..46206b3dabfbf1c5e8f0a543d47bc01e9935bc72 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_base.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static s32 igc_reset_hw_base(struct igc_hw *hw)
 	ctrl = rd32(IGC_CTRL);
 
 	hw_dbg("Issuing a global reset to MAC\n");
-	wr32(IGC_CTRL, ctrl | IGC_CTRL_RST);
+	wr32(IGC_CTRL, ctrl | IGC_CTRL_DEV_RST);
 
 	ret_val = igc_get_auto_rd_done(hw);
 	if (ret_val) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_defines.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_defines.h
index fc0ccfe38a2003d1d0c839797745cf21dca05d0a..11b99acf4abe8391fbaea585464652074eb22b49 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_defines.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_defines.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 #define IGC_ERR_SWFW_SYNC		13
 
 /* Device Control */
-#define IGC_CTRL_RST		0x04000000  /* Global reset */
+#define IGC_CTRL_DEV_RST	0x20000000  /* Device reset */
 
 #define IGC_CTRL_PHY_RST	0x80000000  /* PHY Reset */
 #define IGC_CTRL_SLU		0x00000040  /* Set link up (Force Link) */