diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
index ebff1fc0d8ce..4515804d1ce4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
@@ -7221,8 +7221,8 @@ static inline void tg3_reset_task_schedule(struct tg3 *tp)
 
 static inline void tg3_reset_task_cancel(struct tg3 *tp)
 {
-	cancel_work_sync(&tp->reset_task);
-	tg3_flag_clear(tp, RESET_TASK_PENDING);
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(TG3_FLAG_RESET_TASK_PENDING, tp->tg3_flags))
+		cancel_work_sync(&tp->reset_task);
 	tg3_flag_clear(tp, TX_RECOVERY_PENDING);
 }
 
@@ -11209,18 +11209,27 @@ static void tg3_reset_task(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	tg3_halt(tp, RESET_KIND_SHUTDOWN, 0);
 	err = tg3_init_hw(tp, true);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		tg3_full_unlock(tp);
+		tp->irq_sync = 0;
+		tg3_napi_enable(tp);
+		/* Clear this flag so that tg3_reset_task_cancel() will not
+		 * call cancel_work_sync() and wait forever.
+		 */
+		tg3_flag_clear(tp, RESET_TASK_PENDING);
+		dev_close(tp->dev);
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	tg3_netif_start(tp);
 
-out:
 	tg3_full_unlock(tp);
 
 	if (!err)
 		tg3_phy_start(tp);
 
 	tg3_flag_clear(tp, RESET_TASK_PENDING);
+out:
 	rtnl_unlock();
 }