diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
index 20c1681bb1afeea35e23f20242abc0fe34fd1304..2d6f090bf6440cc7253fe4f0764b10bde618ff73 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
@@ -2855,7 +2855,6 @@ static void bcmgenet_netif_start(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	umac_enable_set(priv, CMD_TX_EN | CMD_RX_EN, true);
 
-	netif_tx_start_all_queues(dev);
 	bcmgenet_enable_tx_napi(priv);
 
 	/* Monitor link interrupts now */
@@ -2937,6 +2936,8 @@ static int bcmgenet_open(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	bcmgenet_netif_start(dev);
 
+	netif_tx_start_all_queues(dev);
+
 	return 0;
 
 err_irq1:
@@ -2958,7 +2959,7 @@ static void bcmgenet_netif_stop(struct net_device *dev)
 	struct bcmgenet_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
 	bcmgenet_disable_tx_napi(priv);
-	netif_tx_stop_all_queues(dev);
+	netif_tx_disable(dev);
 
 	/* Disable MAC receive */
 	umac_enable_set(priv, CMD_RX_EN, false);
@@ -3620,13 +3621,13 @@ static int bcmgenet_suspend(struct device *d)
 	if (!netif_running(dev))
 		return 0;
 
+	netif_device_detach(dev);
+
 	bcmgenet_netif_stop(dev);
 
 	if (!device_may_wakeup(d))
 		phy_suspend(dev->phydev);
 
-	netif_device_detach(dev);
-
 	/* Prepare the device for Wake-on-LAN and switch to the slow clock */
 	if (device_may_wakeup(d) && priv->wolopts) {
 		ret = bcmgenet_power_down(priv, GENET_POWER_WOL_MAGIC);
@@ -3700,8 +3701,6 @@ static int bcmgenet_resume(struct device *d)
 	/* Always enable ring 16 - descriptor ring */
 	bcmgenet_enable_dma(priv, dma_ctrl);
 
-	netif_device_attach(dev);
-
 	if (!device_may_wakeup(d))
 		phy_resume(dev->phydev);
 
@@ -3710,6 +3709,8 @@ static int bcmgenet_resume(struct device *d)
 
 	bcmgenet_netif_start(dev);
 
+	netif_device_attach(dev);
+
 	return 0;
 
 out_clk_disable: