diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index f777d37..dd66f88 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -409,25 +409,21 @@
 {
 	uint32_t ctrl_ext;
 	uint32_t swsm;
-	uint32_t extcnf;
 
 	/* Let firmware taken over control of h/w */
 	switch (adapter->hw.mac_type) {
-	case e1000_82571:
-	case e1000_82572:
-	case e1000_80003es2lan:
-		ctrl_ext = E1000_READ_REG(&adapter->hw, CTRL_EXT);
-		E1000_WRITE_REG(&adapter->hw, CTRL_EXT,
-				ctrl_ext & ~E1000_CTRL_EXT_DRV_LOAD);
-		break;
 	case e1000_82573:
 		swsm = E1000_READ_REG(&adapter->hw, SWSM);
 		E1000_WRITE_REG(&adapter->hw, SWSM,
 				swsm & ~E1000_SWSM_DRV_LOAD);
+		break;
+	case e1000_82571:
+	case e1000_82572:
+	case e1000_80003es2lan:
 	case e1000_ich8lan:
-		extcnf = E1000_READ_REG(&adapter->hw, CTRL_EXT);
+		ctrl_ext = E1000_READ_REG(&adapter->hw, CTRL_EXT);
 		E1000_WRITE_REG(&adapter->hw, CTRL_EXT,
-				extcnf & ~E1000_CTRL_EXT_DRV_LOAD);
+				ctrl_ext & ~E1000_CTRL_EXT_DRV_LOAD);
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;
@@ -450,26 +446,21 @@
 {
 	uint32_t ctrl_ext;
 	uint32_t swsm;
-	uint32_t extcnf;
 
 	/* Let firmware know the driver has taken over */
 	switch (adapter->hw.mac_type) {
-	case e1000_82571:
-	case e1000_82572:
-	case e1000_80003es2lan:
-		ctrl_ext = E1000_READ_REG(&adapter->hw, CTRL_EXT);
-		E1000_WRITE_REG(&adapter->hw, CTRL_EXT,
-				ctrl_ext | E1000_CTRL_EXT_DRV_LOAD);
-		break;
 	case e1000_82573:
 		swsm = E1000_READ_REG(&adapter->hw, SWSM);
 		E1000_WRITE_REG(&adapter->hw, SWSM,
 				swsm | E1000_SWSM_DRV_LOAD);
 		break;
+	case e1000_82571:
+	case e1000_82572:
+	case e1000_80003es2lan:
 	case e1000_ich8lan:
-		extcnf = E1000_READ_REG(&adapter->hw, EXTCNF_CTRL);
-		E1000_WRITE_REG(&adapter->hw, EXTCNF_CTRL,
-				extcnf | E1000_EXTCNF_CTRL_SWFLAG);
+		ctrl_ext = E1000_READ_REG(&adapter->hw, CTRL_EXT);
+		E1000_WRITE_REG(&adapter->hw, CTRL_EXT,
+				ctrl_ext | E1000_CTRL_EXT_DRV_LOAD);
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;