diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
index f93ed70709c6..a2ee28e487a6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -542,8 +542,13 @@ void e1000_reinit_locked(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 	WARN_ON(in_interrupt());
 	while (test_and_set_bit(__E1000_RESETTING, &adapter->flags))
 		msleep(1);
-	e1000_down(adapter);
-	e1000_up(adapter);
+
+	/* only run the task if not already down */
+	if (!test_bit(__E1000_DOWN, &adapter->flags)) {
+		e1000_down(adapter);
+		e1000_up(adapter);
+	}
+
 	clear_bit(__E1000_RESETTING, &adapter->flags);
 }
 
@@ -1433,10 +1438,15 @@ int e1000_close(struct net_device *netdev)
 	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
 	int count = E1000_CHECK_RESET_COUNT;
 
-	while (test_bit(__E1000_RESETTING, &adapter->flags) && count--)
+	while (test_and_set_bit(__E1000_RESETTING, &adapter->flags) && count--)
 		usleep_range(10000, 20000);
 
-	WARN_ON(test_bit(__E1000_RESETTING, &adapter->flags));
+	WARN_ON(count < 0);
+
+	/* signal that we're down so that the reset task will no longer run */
+	set_bit(__E1000_DOWN, &adapter->flags);
+	clear_bit(__E1000_RESETTING, &adapter->flags);
+
 	e1000_down(adapter);
 	e1000_power_down_phy(adapter);
 	e1000_free_irq(adapter);