void (*write_op)(struct tg3 *, u32, u32);
        int i, err;
 
+       if (!pci_device_is_present(tp->pdev))
+               return -ENODEV;
+
        tg3_nvram_lock(tp);
 
        tg3_ape_lock(tp, TG3_APE_LOCK_GRC);
        memset(&tp->net_stats_prev, 0, sizeof(tp->net_stats_prev));
        memset(&tp->estats_prev, 0, sizeof(tp->estats_prev));
 
-       tg3_power_down_prepare(tp);
-
-       tg3_carrier_off(tp);
+       if (pci_device_is_present(tp->pdev)) {
+               tg3_power_down_prepare(tp);
 
+               tg3_carrier_off(tp);
+       }
        return 0;
 }
 
        struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(device);
        struct net_device *dev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
        struct tg3 *tp = netdev_priv(dev);
-       int err;
+       int err = 0;
+
+       rtnl_lock();
 
        if (!netif_running(dev))
-               return 0;
+               goto unlock;
 
        tg3_reset_task_cancel(tp);
        tg3_phy_stop(tp);
                        tg3_phy_start(tp);
        }
 
+unlock:
+       rtnl_unlock();
        return err;
 }
 
        struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(device);
        struct net_device *dev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
        struct tg3 *tp = netdev_priv(dev);
-       int err;
+       int err = 0;
+
+       rtnl_lock();
 
        if (!netif_running(dev))
-               return 0;
+               goto unlock;
 
        netif_device_attach(dev);
 
        if (!err)
                tg3_phy_start(tp);
 
+unlock:
+       rtnl_unlock();
        return err;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP */
 
        return 0;
 }
 
+bool pci_device_is_present(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+       u32 v;
+
+       return pci_bus_read_dev_vendor_id(pdev->bus, pdev->devfn, &v, 0);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_device_is_present);
+
 #define RESOURCE_ALIGNMENT_PARAM_SIZE COMMAND_LINE_SIZE
 static char resource_alignment_param[RESOURCE_ALIGNMENT_PARAM_SIZE] = {0};
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(resource_alignment_lock);
 
 int __must_check pci_assign_resource(struct pci_dev *dev, int i);
 int __must_check pci_reassign_resource(struct pci_dev *dev, int i, resource_size_t add_size, resource_size_t align);
 int pci_select_bars(struct pci_dev *dev, unsigned long flags);
+bool pci_device_is_present(struct pci_dev *pdev);
 
 /* ROM control related routines */
 int pci_enable_rom(struct pci_dev *pdev);