iowrite32(rdba, &hw->reg->RX_DSC_BASE);
        iowrite32(rdlen, &hw->reg->RX_DSC_SIZE);
        iowrite32((rdba + rdlen), &hw->reg->RX_DSC_SW_P);
-
-       /* Enables Receive DMA */
-       rxdma = ioread32(&hw->reg->DMA_CTRL);
-       rxdma |= PCH_GBE_RX_DMA_EN;
-       iowrite32(rxdma, &hw->reg->DMA_CTRL);
-       /* Enables Receive */
-       iowrite32(PCH_GBE_MRE_MAC_RX_EN, &hw->reg->MAC_RX_EN);
 }
 
 /**
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->stats_lock, flags);
 }
 
+static void pch_gbe_start_receive(struct pch_gbe_hw *hw)
+{
+       u32 rxdma;
+
+       /* Enables Receive DMA */
+       rxdma = ioread32(&hw->reg->DMA_CTRL);
+       rxdma |= PCH_GBE_RX_DMA_EN;
+       iowrite32(rxdma, &hw->reg->DMA_CTRL);
+       /* Enables Receive */
+       iowrite32(PCH_GBE_MRE_MAC_RX_EN, &hw->reg->MAC_RX_EN);
+       return;
+}
+
 /**
  * pch_gbe_intr - Interrupt Handler
  * @irq:   Interrupt number
        pch_gbe_alloc_tx_buffers(adapter, tx_ring);
        pch_gbe_alloc_rx_buffers(adapter, rx_ring, rx_ring->count);
        adapter->tx_queue_len = netdev->tx_queue_len;
+       pch_gbe_start_receive(&adapter->hw);
 
        mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer, jiffies);