diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c
index 77134ca929382..ba303868686a7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/phy.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
 
 #include "mlxbf_gige.h"
@@ -492,8 +493,13 @@ static void mlxbf_gige_shutdown(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct mlxbf_gige *priv = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
-	writeq(0, priv->base + MLXBF_GIGE_INT_EN);
-	mlxbf_gige_clean_port(priv);
+	rtnl_lock();
+	netif_device_detach(priv->netdev);
+
+	if (netif_running(priv->netdev))
+		dev_close(priv->netdev);
+
+	rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
 static const struct acpi_device_id __maybe_unused mlxbf_gige_acpi_match[] = {