On unload, the FW assumes that no packets will be sent after the driver sends
the FW stop command. To ensure that, the driver must always call
netif_tx_disable
Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
 {
        bnx2x_int_disable_sync(bp, disable_hw);
        bnx2x_napi_disable(bp);
-       if (netif_running(bp->dev)) {
-               netif_tx_disable(bp->dev);
-               bp->dev->trans_start = jiffies; /* prevent tx timeout */
-       }
+       netif_tx_disable(bp->dev);
+       bp->dev->trans_start = jiffies; /* prevent tx timeout */
 }
 
 /*