diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
index f99819fc559d..2a84f57ea68b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
@@ -6159,6 +6159,9 @@ u32 igc_rd32(struct igc_hw *hw, u32 reg)
 	u8 __iomem *hw_addr = READ_ONCE(hw->hw_addr);
 	u32 value = 0;
 
+	if (IGC_REMOVED(hw_addr))
+		return ~value;
+
 	value = readl(&hw_addr[reg]);
 
 	/* reads should not return all F's */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_regs.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_regs.h
index e197a33d93a0..026c3b65fc37 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_regs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_regs.h
@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ u32 igc_rd32(struct igc_hw *hw, u32 reg);
 #define wr32(reg, val) \
 do { \
 	u8 __iomem *hw_addr = READ_ONCE((hw)->hw_addr); \
-	writel((val), &hw_addr[(reg)]); \
+	if (!IGC_REMOVED(hw_addr)) \
+		writel((val), &hw_addr[(reg)]); \
 } while (0)
 
 #define rd32(reg) (igc_rd32(hw, reg))
@@ -318,4 +319,6 @@ do { \
 
 #define array_rd32(reg, offset) (igc_rd32(hw, (reg) + ((offset) << 2)))
 
+#define IGC_REMOVED(h) unlikely(!(h))
+
 #endif