diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.h
index 770a573..69c4dbe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.h
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@
 #define E1000_FEXTNVM7_DISABLE_PB_READ	0x00040000
 
 #define E1000_FEXTNVM7_DISABLE_SMB_PERST	0x00000020
+#define E1000_FEXTNVM7_NEED_DESCRING_FLUSH     0x00000100
+#define E1000_FEXTNVM11_DISABLE_MULR_FIX       0x00002000
+
+/* bit24: RXDCTL thresholds granularity: 0 - cache lines, 1 - descriptors */
+#define E1000_RXDCTL_THRESH_UNIT_DESC 0x01000000
 
 #define K1_ENTRY_LATENCY	0
 #define K1_MIN_TIME		1
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
index 74ec185..4880a23 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -3788,6 +3788,105 @@ static void e1000_power_down_phy(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 }
 
 /**
+ * e1000_flush_tx_ring - remove all descriptors from the tx_ring
+ *
+ * We want to clear all pending descriptors from the TX ring.
+ * zeroing happens when the HW reads the regs. We  assign the ring itself as
+ * the data of the next descriptor. We don't care about the data we are about
+ * to reset the HW.
+ */
+static void e1000_flush_tx_ring(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
+	struct e1000_ring *tx_ring = adapter->tx_ring;
+	struct e1000_tx_desc *tx_desc = NULL;
+	u32 tctl, txd_lower = E1000_TXD_CMD_IFCS;
+	u16 size = 512;
+
+	tctl = er32(TCTL);
+	ew32(TCTL, tctl | E1000_TCTL_EN);
+
+	tx_desc =  E1000_TX_DESC(*tx_ring, tx_ring->next_to_use);
+	tx_desc->buffer_addr = tx_ring->dma;
+
+	tx_desc->lower.data = cpu_to_le32(txd_lower | size);
+	tx_desc->upper.data = 0;
+	/* flush descriptors to memory before notifying the HW */
+	wmb();
+	tx_ring->next_to_use++;
+	if (tx_ring->next_to_use == tx_ring->count)
+		tx_ring->next_to_use = 0;
+	ew32(TDT(0), tx_ring->next_to_use);
+	mmiowb();
+	usleep_range(200, 250);
+}
+
+/**
+ * e1000_flush_rx_ring - remove all descriptors from the rx_ring
+ *
+ * Mark all descriptors in the RX ring as consumed and disable the rx ring
+ */
+static void e1000_flush_rx_ring(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	u32 rctl, rxdctl;
+	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
+
+	rctl = er32(RCTL);
+	ew32(RCTL, rctl & ~E1000_RCTL_EN);
+	mmiowb();
+	usleep_range(100, 150);
+
+	rxdctl = er32(RXDCTL(0));
+	/* zero the lower 14 bits (prefetch and host thresholds) */
+	rxdctl &= 0xffffc000;
+
+	/* update thresholds: prefetch threshold to 31, host threshold to 1
+	 * and make sure the granularity is "descriptors" and not "cache lines"
+	 */
+	rxdctl |= (0x1F | (1 << 8) | E1000_RXDCTL_THRESH_UNIT_DESC);
+
+	ew32(RXDCTL(0), rxdctl);
+	/* momentarily enable the RX ring for the changes to take effect */
+	ew32(RCTL, rctl | E1000_RCTL_EN);
+	mmiowb();
+	usleep_range(100, 150);
+	ew32(RCTL, rctl & ~E1000_RCTL_EN);
+}
+
+/**
+ * e1000_flush_desc_rings - remove all descriptors from the descriptor rings
+ *
+ * In i219, the descriptor rings must be emptied before resetting the HW
+ * or before changing the device state to D3 during runtime (runtime PM).
+ *
+ * Failure to do this will cause the HW to enter a unit hang state which can
+ * only be released by PCI reset on the device
+ *
+ */
+
+static void e1000_flush_desc_rings(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	u32 hang_state;
+	u32 fext_nvm11, tdlen;
+	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
+
+	/* First, disable MULR fix in FEXTNVM11 */
+	fext_nvm11 = er32(FEXTNVM11);
+	fext_nvm11 |= E1000_FEXTNVM11_DISABLE_MULR_FIX;
+	ew32(FEXTNVM11, fext_nvm11);
+	/* do nothing if we're not in faulty state, or if the queue is empty */
+	tdlen = er32(TDLEN(0));
+	hang_state = er32(FEXTNVM7);
+	if ((hang_state & E1000_FEXTNVM7_NEED_DESCRING_FLUSH) || tdlen)
+		return;
+	e1000_flush_tx_ring(adapter);
+	/* recheck, maybe the fault is caused by the rx ring */
+	hang_state = er32(FEXTNVM7);
+	if (hang_state & E1000_FEXTNVM7_NEED_DESCRING_FLUSH)
+		e1000_flush_rx_ring(adapter);
+}
+
+/**
  * e1000e_reset - bring the hardware into a known good state
  *
  * This function boots the hardware and enables some settings that
@@ -3943,6 +4042,8 @@ void e1000e_reset(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (hw->mac.type == e1000_pch_spt)
+		e1000_flush_desc_rings(adapter);
 	/* Allow time for pending master requests to run */
 	mac->ops.reset_hw(hw);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/regs.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/regs.h
index 85eefc4..fdaac8e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/regs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/regs.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #define E1000_FEXTNVM4	0x00024	/* Future Extended NVM 4 - RW */
 #define E1000_FEXTNVM6	0x00010	/* Future Extended NVM 6 - RW */
 #define E1000_FEXTNVM7	0x000E4	/* Future Extended NVM 7 - RW */
+#define E1000_FEXTNVM11        0x5BBC  /* Future Extended NVM 11 - RW */
 #define E1000_PCIEANACFG	0x00F18	/* PCIE Analog Config */
 #define E1000_FCT	0x00030	/* Flow Control Type - RW */
 #define E1000_VET	0x00038	/* VLAN Ether Type - RW */
