diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
index 1639e955f15803b7e2bfbe0d0f2a2ec2809fafce..b8548370f1c722e61817c4857adae71f1cce18f0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
@@ -370,5 +370,6 @@ int ice_set_rss(struct ice_vsi *vsi, u8 *seed, u8 *lut, u16 lut_size);
 int ice_get_rss(struct ice_vsi *vsi, u8 *seed, u8 *lut, u16 lut_size);
 void ice_fill_rss_lut(u8 *lut, u16 rss_table_size, u16 rss_size);
 void ice_print_link_msg(struct ice_vsi *vsi, bool isup);
+void ice_napi_del(struct ice_vsi *vsi);
 
 #endif /* _ICE_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
index c604a44c8cfbd18d114bf1e303f78a6d0c9abe87..1041fa2a7767878590930f1851c394eb67da80c5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
@@ -2458,6 +2458,7 @@ int ice_vsi_release(struct ice_vsi *vsi)
 	 * on this wq
 	 */
 	if (vsi->netdev && !ice_is_reset_in_progress(pf->state)) {
+		ice_napi_del(vsi);
 		unregister_netdev(vsi->netdev);
 		free_netdev(vsi->netdev);
 		vsi->netdev = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
index 338abb1b9233881791ed99328ddef19b2bb1bf41..82f49dbd762c6b0e0733f381ce4a218dc55b2514 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ static int ice_req_irq_msix_misc(struct ice_pf *pf)
  * ice_napi_del - Remove NAPI handler for the VSI
  * @vsi: VSI for which NAPI handler is to be removed
  */
-static void ice_napi_del(struct ice_vsi *vsi)
+void ice_napi_del(struct ice_vsi *vsi)
 {
 	int v_idx;