diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
index cc0502b..ebbb9f0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -4462,7 +4462,27 @@
 
 	pci_disable_device(pdev);
 
-	pci_set_power_state(pdev, pci_choose_state(pdev, state));
+	/*
+	 * The pci-e switch on some quad port adapters will report a
+	 * correctable error when the MAC transitions from D0 to D3.  To
+	 * prevent this we need to mask off the correctable errors on the
+	 * downstream port of the pci-e switch.
+	 */
+	if (adapter->flags & FLAG_IS_QUAD_PORT) {
+		struct pci_dev *us_dev = pdev->bus->self;
+		int pos = pci_find_capability(us_dev, PCI_CAP_ID_EXP);
+		u16 devctl;
+
+		pci_read_config_word(us_dev, pos + PCI_EXP_DEVCTL, &devctl);
+		pci_write_config_word(us_dev, pos + PCI_EXP_DEVCTL,
+		                      (devctl & ~PCI_EXP_DEVCTL_CERE));
+
+		pci_set_power_state(pdev, pci_choose_state(pdev, state));
+
+		pci_write_config_word(us_dev, pos + PCI_EXP_DEVCTL, devctl);
+	} else {
+		pci_set_power_state(pdev, pci_choose_state(pdev, state));
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }