diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c
index 2f1de8b90f9eb42a1b82d9a16409893cc1592902..05efa6a8ce8e080c6cea2d85e31bcfd09728e8dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c
@@ -604,11 +604,13 @@ int ixgbe_fcoe_enable(struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	int rc = -EINVAL;
 	struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
+	struct ixgbe_fcoe *fcoe = &adapter->fcoe;
 
 
 	if (!(adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_FCOE_CAPABLE))
 		goto out_enable;
 
+	atomic_inc(&fcoe->refcnt);
 	if (adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_FCOE_ENABLED)
 		goto out_enable;
 
@@ -648,6 +650,7 @@ int ixgbe_fcoe_disable(struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	int rc = -EINVAL;
 	struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
+	struct ixgbe_fcoe *fcoe = &adapter->fcoe;
 
 	if (!(adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_FCOE_CAPABLE))
 		goto out_disable;
@@ -655,6 +658,9 @@ int ixgbe_fcoe_disable(struct net_device *netdev)
 	if (!(adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_FCOE_ENABLED))
 		goto out_disable;
 
+	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&fcoe->refcnt))
+		goto out_disable;
+
 	e_info(drv, "Disabling FCoE offload features.\n");
 	netdev->features &= ~NETIF_F_FCOE_CRC;
 	netdev->features &= ~NETIF_F_FSO;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.h b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.h
index abf4b2b3f2520f35117403061895cf9e968fc003..4bc2c551c8dbc85b96aed6b3fc74ba1a8c0ebd08 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ struct ixgbe_fcoe {
 	u8 tc;
 	u8 up;
 #endif
+	atomic_t refcnt;
 	spinlock_t lock;
 	struct pci_pool *pool;
 	struct ixgbe_fcoe_ddp ddp[IXGBE_FCOE_DDP_MAX];