diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
index 53a0366fbf99..3625c70bc329 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
@@ -3040,6 +3040,8 @@ static void iavf_disable_vf(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
 
 	adapter->flags |= IAVF_FLAG_PF_COMMS_FAILED;
 
+	iavf_ptp_release(adapter);
+
 	/* We don't use netif_running() because it may be true prior to
 	 * ndo_open() returning, so we can't assume it means all our open
 	 * tasks have finished, since we're not holding the rtnl_lock here.
@@ -3215,6 +3217,8 @@ continue_reset:
 	iavf_change_state(adapter, __IAVF_RESETTING);
 	adapter->flags &= ~IAVF_FLAG_RESET_PENDING;
 
+	iavf_ptp_release(adapter);
+
 	/* free the Tx/Rx rings and descriptors, might be better to just
 	 * re-use them sometime in the future
 	 */