diff --git a/drivers/net/atlx/atl1.c b/drivers/net/atlx/atl1.c
index e23ce77712f17a79187ce0c8f9f127ae53c3dec6..e00a9867390a1e2b38683685a2a8c843ae1d4ab1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/atlx/atl1.c
+++ b/drivers/net/atlx/atl1.c
@@ -2642,6 +2642,7 @@ static void atl1_down(struct atl1_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
 
+	netif_stop_queue(netdev);
 	del_timer_sync(&adapter->watchdog_timer);
 	del_timer_sync(&adapter->phy_config_timer);
 	adapter->phy_timer_pending = false;
@@ -2655,7 +2656,6 @@ static void atl1_down(struct atl1_adapter *adapter)
 	adapter->link_speed = SPEED_0;
 	adapter->link_duplex = -1;
 	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
-	netif_stop_queue(netdev);
 
 	atl1_clean_tx_ring(adapter);
 	atl1_clean_rx_ring(adapter);
@@ -2724,6 +2724,8 @@ static int atl1_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 	struct atl1_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	int err;
 
+	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+
 	/* allocate transmit descriptors */
 	err = atl1_setup_ring_resources(adapter);
 	if (err)
diff --git a/drivers/net/atlx/atlx.c b/drivers/net/atlx/atlx.c
index b3e7fcf0f6e7be18b6ea4901d1f62050e2e3c19e..3cc9d1089ca15b2c40ec80a88c124fe391116451 100644
--- a/drivers/net/atlx/atlx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/atlx/atlx.c
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ static void atlx_check_for_link(struct atlx_adapter *adapter)
 				netdev->name);
 			adapter->link_speed = SPEED_0;
 			netif_carrier_off(netdev);
-			netif_stop_queue(netdev);
 		}
 	}
 	schedule_work(&adapter->link_chg_task);