diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
index 4647d7656761..cada6e7e30f4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
@@ -4336,13 +4336,15 @@ static int ena_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
-/* ena_remove - Device Removal Routine
+/* __ena_shutoff - Helper used in both PCI remove/shutdown routines
  * @pdev: PCI device information struct
+ * @shutdown: Is it a shutdown operation? If false, means it is a removal
  *
- * ena_remove is called by the PCI subsystem to alert the driver
- * that it should release a PCI device.
+ * __ena_shutoff is a helper routine that does the real work on shutdown and
+ * removal paths; the difference between those paths is with regards to whether
+ * dettach or unregister the netdevice.
  */
-static void ena_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+static void __ena_shutoff(struct pci_dev *pdev, bool shutdown)
 {
 	struct ena_adapter *adapter = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct ena_com_dev *ena_dev;
@@ -4361,13 +4363,17 @@ static void ena_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 
 	cancel_work_sync(&adapter->reset_task);
 
-	rtnl_lock();
+	rtnl_lock(); /* lock released inside the below if-else block */
 	ena_destroy_device(adapter, true);
-	rtnl_unlock();
-
-	unregister_netdev(netdev);
-
-	free_netdev(netdev);
+	if (shutdown) {
+		netif_device_detach(netdev);
+		dev_close(netdev);
+		rtnl_unlock();
+	} else {
+		rtnl_unlock();
+		unregister_netdev(netdev);
+		free_netdev(netdev);
+	}
 
 	ena_com_rss_destroy(ena_dev);
 
@@ -4382,6 +4388,30 @@ static void ena_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	vfree(ena_dev);
 }
 
+/* ena_remove - Device Removal Routine
+ * @pdev: PCI device information struct
+ *
+ * ena_remove is called by the PCI subsystem to alert the driver
+ * that it should release a PCI device.
+ */
+
+static void ena_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+	__ena_shutoff(pdev, false);
+}
+
+/* ena_shutdown - Device Shutdown Routine
+ * @pdev: PCI device information struct
+ *
+ * ena_shutdown is called by the PCI subsystem to alert the driver that
+ * a shutdown/reboot (or kexec) is happening and device must be disabled.
+ */
+
+static void ena_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+	__ena_shutoff(pdev, true);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
 /* ena_suspend - PM suspend callback
  * @pdev: PCI device information struct
@@ -4431,6 +4461,7 @@ static struct pci_driver ena_pci_driver = {
 	.id_table	= ena_pci_tbl,
 	.probe		= ena_probe,
 	.remove		= ena_remove,
+	.shutdown	= ena_shutdown,
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
 	.suspend    = ena_suspend,
 	.resume     = ena_resume,