diff --git a/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
index ae398f0..e79a26a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -718,7 +718,8 @@
 	adapter->link_speed = 0;
 	adapter->link_duplex = 0;
 
-	igb_reset(adapter);
+	if (!pci_channel_offline(adapter->pdev))
+		igb_reset(adapter);
 	igb_clean_all_tx_rings(adapter);
 	igb_clean_all_rx_rings(adapter);
 }