diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.c
index 61d2e6202bf3..e3f39372ce25 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.c
@@ -1441,6 +1441,7 @@ fec_enet_close(struct net_device *ndev)
 	struct fec_enet_private *fep = netdev_priv(ndev);
 
 	/* Don't know what to do yet. */
+	napi_disable(&fep->napi);
 	fep->opened = 0;
 	netif_stop_queue(ndev);
 	fec_stop(ndev);