diff --git a/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c b/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
index 8def865..c90958f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@
 	/* process as many rx events as NAPI will allow */
 	work_done = myri10ge_clean_rx_done(mgp, budget);
 
-	if (work_done < budget || !netif_running(netdev)) {
+	if (work_done < budget) {
 		netif_rx_complete(netdev, napi);
 		put_be32(htonl(3), mgp->irq_claim);
 	}