diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
index 7451922..1c1ddd8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
@@ -2579,6 +2579,7 @@ static int ena_restore_device(struct ena_adapter *adapter)
 	bool wd_state;
 	int rc;
 
+	set_bit(ENA_FLAG_ONGOING_RESET, &adapter->flags);
 	rc = ena_device_init(ena_dev, adapter->pdev, &get_feat_ctx, &wd_state);
 	if (rc) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Can not initialize device\n");
@@ -2592,6 +2593,11 @@ static int ena_restore_device(struct ena_adapter *adapter)
 		goto err_device_destroy;
 	}
 
+	clear_bit(ENA_FLAG_ONGOING_RESET, &adapter->flags);
+	/* Make sure we don't have a race with AENQ Links state handler */
+	if (test_bit(ENA_FLAG_LINK_UP, &adapter->flags))
+		netif_carrier_on(adapter->netdev);
+
 	rc = ena_enable_msix_and_set_admin_interrupts(adapter,
 						      adapter->num_queues);
 	if (rc) {
@@ -2618,7 +2624,7 @@ static int ena_restore_device(struct ena_adapter *adapter)
 	ena_com_admin_destroy(ena_dev);
 err:
 	clear_bit(ENA_FLAG_DEVICE_RUNNING, &adapter->flags);
-
+	clear_bit(ENA_FLAG_ONGOING_RESET, &adapter->flags);
 	dev_err(&pdev->dev,
 		"Reset attempt failed. Can not reset the device\n");
 
@@ -3495,7 +3501,8 @@ static void ena_update_on_link_change(void *adapter_data,
 	if (status) {
 		netdev_dbg(adapter->netdev, "%s\n", __func__);
 		set_bit(ENA_FLAG_LINK_UP, &adapter->flags);
-		netif_carrier_on(adapter->netdev);
+		if (!test_bit(ENA_FLAG_ONGOING_RESET, &adapter->flags))
+			netif_carrier_on(adapter->netdev);
 	} else {
 		clear_bit(ENA_FLAG_LINK_UP, &adapter->flags);
 		netif_carrier_off(adapter->netdev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.h
index ed8bd0a..3bbc003 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.h
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ enum ena_flags_t {
 	ENA_FLAG_DEV_UP,
 	ENA_FLAG_LINK_UP,
 	ENA_FLAG_MSIX_ENABLED,
-	ENA_FLAG_TRIGGER_RESET
+	ENA_FLAG_TRIGGER_RESET,
+	ENA_FLAG_ONGOING_RESET
 };
 
 /* adapter specific private data structure */