diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index 3e9895bec15f..dd79534910b0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -1671,6 +1671,10 @@ static int netfront_resume(struct xenbus_device *dev)
 
 	dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "%s\n", dev->nodename);
 
+	netif_tx_lock_bh(info->netdev);
+	netif_device_detach(info->netdev);
+	netif_tx_unlock_bh(info->netdev);
+
 	xennet_disconnect_backend(info);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2285,6 +2289,10 @@ static int xennet_connect(struct net_device *dev)
 	 * domain a kick because we've probably just requeued some
 	 * packets.
 	 */
+	netif_tx_lock_bh(np->netdev);
+	netif_device_attach(np->netdev);
+	netif_tx_unlock_bh(np->netdev);
+
 	netif_carrier_on(np->netdev);
 	for (j = 0; j < num_queues; ++j) {
 		queue = &np->queues[j];