diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
index dfab7b030b67..70f9458f7a01 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ enum i40e_state_t {
 	__I40E_DOWN_REQUESTED,
 	__I40E_FD_FLUSH_REQUESTED,
 	__I40E_RESET_FAILED,
-	__I40E_PORT_TX_SUSPENDED,
+	__I40E_PORT_SUSPENDED,
 	__I40E_VF_DISABLE,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 2fe1fbdaafae..c001562f19b2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -4008,10 +4008,6 @@ static int i40e_vsi_control_tx(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, bool enable)
 	for (i = 0; i < vsi->num_queue_pairs; i++, pf_q++) {
 		i40e_control_tx_q(pf, pf_q, enable);
 
-		/* Don't wait to disable when port Tx is suspended */
-		if (!enable && test_bit(__I40E_PORT_TX_SUSPENDED, &pf->state))
-			continue;
-
 		/* wait for the change to finish */
 		ret = i40e_pf_txq_wait(pf, pf_q, enable);
 		if (ret) {
@@ -4105,10 +4101,6 @@ static int i40e_vsi_control_rx(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, bool enable)
 	for (i = 0; i < vsi->num_queue_pairs; i++, pf_q++) {
 		i40e_control_rx_q(pf, pf_q, enable);
 
-		/* Don't wait to disable when port Tx is suspended */
-		if (!enable && test_bit(__I40E_PORT_TX_SUSPENDED, &pf->state))
-			continue;
-
 		/* wait for the change to finish */
 		ret = i40e_pf_rxq_wait(pf, pf_q, enable);
 		if (ret) {
@@ -4151,6 +4143,10 @@ int i40e_vsi_start_rings(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
  **/
 void i40e_vsi_stop_rings(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
 {
+	/* When port TX is suspended, don't wait */
+	if (test_bit(__I40E_PORT_SUSPENDED, &vsi->back->state))
+		return i40e_vsi_stop_rings_no_wait(vsi);
+
 	/* do rx first for enable and last for disable
 	 * Ignore return value, we need to shutdown whatever we can
 	 */
@@ -5948,7 +5944,7 @@ static int i40e_handle_lldp_event(struct i40e_pf *pf,
 	else
 		pf->flags &= ~I40E_FLAG_DCB_ENABLED;
 
-	set_bit(__I40E_PORT_TX_SUSPENDED, &pf->state);
+	set_bit(__I40E_PORT_SUSPENDED, &pf->state);
 	/* Reconfiguration needed quiesce all VSIs */
 	i40e_pf_quiesce_all_vsi(pf);
 
@@ -5957,7 +5953,7 @@ static int i40e_handle_lldp_event(struct i40e_pf *pf,
 
 	ret = i40e_resume_port_tx(pf);
 
-	clear_bit(__I40E_PORT_TX_SUSPENDED, &pf->state);
+	clear_bit(__I40E_PORT_SUSPENDED, &pf->state);
 	/* In case of error no point in resuming VSIs */
 	if (ret)
 		goto exit;