static int ena_rss_init_default(struct ena_adapter *adapter);
 static void check_for_admin_com_state(struct ena_adapter *adapter);
-static void ena_destroy_device(struct ena_adapter *adapter);
+static void ena_destroy_device(struct ena_adapter *adapter, bool graceful);
 static int ena_restore_device(struct ena_adapter *adapter);
 
 static void ena_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev)
                          "Destroy failure, restarting device\n");
                ena_dump_stats_to_dmesg(adapter);
                /* rtnl lock already obtained in dev_ioctl() layer */
-               ena_destroy_device(adapter);
+               ena_destroy_device(adapter, false);
                ena_restore_device(adapter);
        }
 
        return rc;
 }
 
-static void ena_destroy_device(struct ena_adapter *adapter)
+static void ena_destroy_device(struct ena_adapter *adapter, bool graceful)
 {
        struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
        struct ena_com_dev *ena_dev = adapter->ena_dev;
        dev_up = test_bit(ENA_FLAG_DEV_UP, &adapter->flags);
        adapter->dev_up_before_reset = dev_up;
 
-       ena_com_set_admin_running_state(ena_dev, false);
+       if (!graceful)
+               ena_com_set_admin_running_state(ena_dev, false);
 
        if (test_bit(ENA_FLAG_DEV_UP, &adapter->flags))
                ena_down(adapter);
                return;
        }
        rtnl_lock();
-       ena_destroy_device(adapter);
+       ena_destroy_device(adapter, false);
        ena_restore_device(adapter);
        rtnl_unlock();
 }
                        "ignoring device reset request as the device is being suspended\n");
                clear_bit(ENA_FLAG_TRIGGER_RESET, &adapter->flags);
        }
-       ena_destroy_device(adapter);
+       ena_destroy_device(adapter, true);
        rtnl_unlock();
        return 0;
 }