diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
index 3021234b1e17..bf9085fe035a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
@@ -320,10 +320,22 @@ ixgb_down(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter, boolean_t kill_watchdog)
 void
 ixgb_reset(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter)
 {
+	struct ixgb_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
 
-	ixgb_adapter_stop(&adapter->hw);
-	if(!ixgb_init_hw(&adapter->hw))
+	ixgb_adapter_stop(hw);
+	if (!ixgb_init_hw(hw))
 		DPRINTK(PROBE, ERR, "ixgb_init_hw failed.\n");
+
+	/* restore frame size information */
+	IXGB_WRITE_REG(hw, MFS, hw->max_frame_size << IXGB_MFS_SHIFT);
+	if (hw->max_frame_size >
+	    IXGB_MAX_ENET_FRAME_SIZE_WITHOUT_FCS + ENET_FCS_LENGTH) {
+		u32 ctrl0 = IXGB_READ_REG(hw, CTRL0);
+		if (!(ctrl0 & IXGB_CTRL0_JFE)) {
+			ctrl0 |= IXGB_CTRL0_JFE;
+			IXGB_WRITE_REG(hw, CTRL0, ctrl0);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 /**