diff --git a/vmkdrivers/src_9/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/vmkdrivers/src_9/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index e1eec16025845655e29340b9a8d4860ddd443d73..d5670000210fe779b38ee9174577cfdcebf65d14 100644
--- a/vmkdrivers/src_9/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/vmkdrivers/src_9/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -3733,14 +3733,14 @@ static irqreturn_t e1000_intr(int irq, void *data)
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_E1000_NAPI
-	/* XXX only using ring 0 for napi */
 #if !defined(__VMKLNX__)
+	/* XXX only using ring 0 for napi */
 	if (likely(netif_rx_schedule_prep(netdev, &adapter->rx_ring[0].napi))) {
 #else /* defined(__VMKLNX__) */
+	/* disable interrupts, without the synchronize_irq bit */
+	E1000_WRITE_REG(hw, E1000_IMC, ~0);
+	E1000_WRITE_FLUSH(&adapter->hw);
 	if (likely(netif_rx_schedule_prep(netdev, &adapter->napi))) {
-		/* disable interrupts, without the synchronize_irq bit */
-		E1000_WRITE_REG(hw, E1000_IMC, ~0);
-		E1000_WRITE_FLUSH(&adapter->hw);
 #endif /* !defined(__VMKLNX__) */
 		adapter->total_tx_bytes = 0;
 		adapter->total_tx_packets = 0;