1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
index 3eeca6f4..52c511ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
@@ -400,10 +400,6 @@ static int bnxt_init_nic(struct bnxt *bp)
 	bnxt_init_vnics(bp);
 	bnxt_init_filters(bp);
 
-	rc = bnxt_init_chip(bp);
-	if (rc)
-		return rc;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -465,7 +461,8 @@ static void bnxt_dev_info_get_op(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
 			.wthresh = 0,
 		},
 		.rx_free_thresh = 32,
-		.rx_drop_en = 0,
+		/* If no descriptors available, pkts are dropped by default */
+		.rx_drop_en = 1,
 	};
 
 	dev_info->default_txconf = (struct rte_eth_txconf) {
@@ -572,7 +569,7 @@ static int bnxt_dev_start_op(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	}
 	bp->dev_stopped = 0;
 
-	rc = bnxt_init_nic(bp);
+	rc = bnxt_init_chip(bp);
 	if (rc)
 		goto error;
 
@@ -631,6 +628,8 @@ static void bnxt_dev_stop_op(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	}
 	bnxt_set_hwrm_link_config(bp, false);
 	bnxt_hwrm_port_clr_stats(bp);
+	bnxt_free_tx_mbufs(bp);
+	bnxt_free_rx_mbufs(bp);
 	bnxt_shutdown_nic(bp);
 	bp->dev_stopped = 1;
 }
@@ -642,8 +641,6 @@ static void bnxt_dev_close_op(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	if (bp->dev_stopped == 0)
 		bnxt_dev_stop_op(eth_dev);
 
-	bnxt_free_tx_mbufs(bp);
-	bnxt_free_rx_mbufs(bp);
 	bnxt_free_mem(bp);
 	if (eth_dev->data->mac_addrs != NULL) {
 		rte_free(eth_dev->data->mac_addrs);
@@ -3057,6 +3054,7 @@ skip_init:
 		goto error_free_int;
 
 	bnxt_enable_int(bp);
+	bnxt_init_nic(bp);
 
 	return 0;