diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 068870483f8d40..3dc6cef58107f9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -4330,6 +4330,10 @@ static int ixgbe_set_num_queues(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 	adapter->num_tx_queues = 1;
 
 done:
+	if ((adapter->netdev->reg_state == NETREG_UNREGISTERED) ||
+	    (adapter->netdev->reg_state == NETREG_UNREGISTERING))
+		return 0;
+
 	/* Notify the stack of the (possibly) reduced queue counts. */
 	netif_set_real_num_tx_queues(adapter->netdev, adapter->num_tx_queues);
 	return netif_set_real_num_rx_queues(adapter->netdev,