diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
index cdc298e..ef05c5c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@
 	struct xenvif *vif = container_of(napi, struct xenvif, napi);
 	int work_done;
 
+	/* This vif is rogue, we pretend we've there is nothing to do
+	 * for this vif to deschedule it from NAPI. But this interface
+	 * will be turned off in thread context later.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(vif->disabled)) {
+		napi_complete(napi);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	work_done = xenvif_tx_action(vif, budget);
 
 	if (work_done < budget) {
@@ -363,6 +372,8 @@
 	vif->ip_csum = 1;
 	vif->dev = dev;
 
+	vif->disabled = false;
+
 	vif->credit_bytes = vif->remaining_credit = ~0UL;
 	vif->credit_usec  = 0UL;
 	init_timer(&vif->credit_timeout);