diff --git a/drivers/net/enic/enic_main.c b/drivers/net/enic/enic_main.c
index 798cf506bffd..83a7168deee4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/enic/enic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/enic/enic_main.c
@@ -1462,6 +1462,26 @@ static int enic_dev_soft_reset(struct enic *enic)
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int enic_set_niccfg(struct enic *enic)
+{
+	const u8 rss_default_cpu = 0;
+	const u8 rss_hash_type = 0;
+	const u8 rss_hash_bits = 0;
+	const u8 rss_base_cpu = 0;
+	const u8 rss_enable = 0;
+	const u8 tso_ipid_split_en = 0;
+	const u8 ig_vlan_strip_en = 1;
+
+	/* Enable VLAN tag stripping.  RSS not enabled (yet).
+	*/
+
+	return enic_set_nic_cfg(enic,
+		rss_default_cpu, rss_hash_type,
+		rss_hash_bits, rss_base_cpu,
+		rss_enable, tso_ipid_split_en,
+		ig_vlan_strip_en);
+}
+
 static void enic_reset(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct enic *enic = container_of(work, struct enic, reset);
@@ -1477,8 +1497,10 @@ static void enic_reset(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	enic_stop(enic->netdev);
 	enic_dev_soft_reset(enic);
+	vnic_dev_init(enic->vdev, 0);
 	enic_reset_mcaddrs(enic);
 	enic_init_vnic_resources(enic);
+	enic_set_niccfg(enic);
 	enic_open(enic->netdev);
 
 	rtnl_unlock();
@@ -1621,14 +1643,6 @@ static int __devinit enic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	unsigned int i;
 	int err;
 
-	const u8 rss_default_cpu = 0;
-	const u8 rss_hash_type = 0;
-	const u8 rss_hash_bits = 0;
-	const u8 rss_base_cpu = 0;
-	const u8 rss_enable = 0;
-	const u8 tso_ipid_split_en = 0;
-	const u8 ig_vlan_strip_en = 1;
-
 	/* Allocate net device structure and initialize.  Private
 	 * instance data is initialized to zero.
 	 */
@@ -1794,14 +1808,7 @@ static int __devinit enic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 
 	enic_init_vnic_resources(enic);
 
-	/* Enable VLAN tag stripping.  RSS not enabled (yet).
-	 */
-
-	err = enic_set_nic_cfg(enic,
-		rss_default_cpu, rss_hash_type,
-		rss_hash_bits, rss_base_cpu,
-		rss_enable, tso_ipid_split_en,
-		ig_vlan_strip_en);
+	err = enic_set_niccfg(enic);
 	if (err) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR PFX
 			"Failed to config nic, aborting.\n");