diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethdev.h
index 67acb73..349144a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethdev.h
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 #define IGB_MAX_RX_QUEUE_NUM           8
 #define IGB_MAX_RX_QUEUE_NUM_82576     16
 
+#define E1000_I219_MAX_RX_QUEUE_NUM		2
+#define E1000_I219_MAX_TX_QUEUE_NUM		2
+
 #define E1000_SYN_FILTER_ENABLE        0x00000001 /* syn filter enable field */
 #define E1000_SYN_FILTER_QUEUE         0x0000000E /* syn filter queue field */
 #define E1000_SYN_FILTER_QUEUE_SHIFT   1          /* syn filter queue field */
@@ -522,5 +525,6 @@ int igb_action_rss_same(const struct rte_flow_action_rss *comp,
 int igb_config_rss_filter(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 			struct igb_rte_flow_rss_conf *conf,
 			bool add);
+void igb_flush_desc_rings(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
 
 #endif /* _E1000_ETHDEV_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/igb_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/e1000/igb_ethdev.c
index 3ee28cf..845101b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/igb_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/igb_ethdev.c
@@ -1589,6 +1589,10 @@ eth_igb_close(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	eth_igb_stop(dev);
 	adapter->stopped = 1;
 
+	/* Flush desc rings for i219 */
+	if (hw->mac.type >= e1000_pch_spt)
+		igb_flush_desc_rings(dev);
+
 	e1000_phy_hw_reset(hw);
 	igb_release_manageability(hw);
 	igb_hw_control_release(hw);
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/igb_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/e1000/igb_rxtx.c
index c5606de..cad28f3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/igb_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/igb_rxtx.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <rte_log.h>
 #include <rte_debug.h>
 #include <rte_pci.h>
+#include <rte_bus_pci.h>
 #include <rte_memory.h>
 #include <rte_memcpy.h>
 #include <rte_memzone.h>
@@ -63,6 +64,10 @@
 #define IGB_TX_OFFLOAD_NOTSUP_MASK \
 		(PKT_TX_OFFLOAD_MASK ^ IGB_TX_OFFLOAD_MASK)
 
+/* PCI offset for querying descriptor ring status*/
+#define PCICFG_DESC_RING_STATUS           0xE4
+#define FLUSH_DESC_REQUIRED               0x100
+
 /**
  * Structure associated with each descriptor of the RX ring of a RX queue.
  */
@@ -2962,3 +2967,103 @@ igb_config_rss_filter(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static void e1000_flush_tx_ring(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+	struct e1000_hw *hw = E1000_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_HW(dev->data->dev_private);
+	volatile union e1000_adv_tx_desc *tx_desc;
+	uint32_t tdt, tctl, txd_lower = E1000_TXD_CMD_IFCS;
+	uint16_t size = 512;
+	struct igb_tx_queue *txq;
+	int i;
+
+	if (dev->data->tx_queues == NULL)
+		return;
+	tctl = E1000_READ_REG(hw, E1000_TCTL);
+	E1000_WRITE_REG(hw, E1000_TCTL, tctl | E1000_TCTL_EN);
+	for (i = 0; i < dev->data->nb_tx_queues &&
+		i < E1000_I219_MAX_TX_QUEUE_NUM; i++) {
+		txq = dev->data->tx_queues[i];
+		tdt = E1000_READ_REG(hw, E1000_TDT(i));
+		if (tdt != txq->tx_tail)
+			return;
+		tx_desc = &txq->tx_ring[txq->tx_tail];
+		tx_desc->read.buffer_addr = txq->tx_ring_phys_addr;
+		tx_desc->read.cmd_type_len = rte_cpu_to_le_32(txd_lower | size);
+		tx_desc->read.olinfo_status = 0;
+
+		rte_wmb();
+		txq->tx_tail++;
+		if (txq->tx_tail == txq->nb_tx_desc)
+			txq->tx_tail = 0;
+		rte_io_wmb();
+		E1000_WRITE_REG(hw, E1000_TDT(i), txq->tx_tail);
+		usec_delay(250);
+	}
+}
+
+static void e1000_flush_rx_ring(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+	uint32_t rctl, rxdctl;
+	struct e1000_hw *hw = E1000_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_HW(dev->data->dev_private);
+	int i;
+
+	rctl = E1000_READ_REG(hw, E1000_RCTL);
+	E1000_WRITE_REG(hw, E1000_RCTL, rctl & ~E1000_RCTL_EN);
+	E1000_WRITE_FLUSH(hw);
+	usec_delay(150);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < dev->data->nb_rx_queues &&
+		i < E1000_I219_MAX_RX_QUEUE_NUM; i++) {
+		rxdctl = E1000_READ_REG(hw, E1000_RXDCTL(i));
+		/* zero the lower 14 bits (prefetch and host thresholds) */
+		rxdctl &= 0xffffc000;
+
+		/* update thresholds: prefetch threshold to 31,
+		 * host threshold to 1 and make sure the granularity
+		 * is "descriptors" and not "cache lines"
+		 */
+		rxdctl |= (0x1F | (1UL << 8) | E1000_RXDCTL_THRESH_UNIT_DESC);
+
+		E1000_WRITE_REG(hw, E1000_RXDCTL(i), rxdctl);
+	}
+	/* momentarily enable the RX ring for the changes to take effect */
+	E1000_WRITE_REG(hw, E1000_RCTL, rctl | E1000_RCTL_EN);
+	E1000_WRITE_FLUSH(hw);
+	usec_delay(150);
+	E1000_WRITE_REG(hw, E1000_RCTL, rctl & ~E1000_RCTL_EN);
+}
+
+/**
+ * igb_flush_desc_rings - remove all descriptors from the descriptor rings
+ *
+ * In i219, the descriptor rings must be emptied before resetting/closing the
+ * HW. Failure to do this will cause the HW to enter a unit hang state which
+ * can only be released by PCI reset on the device
+ *
+ */
+
+void igb_flush_desc_rings(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+	uint32_t fextnvm11, tdlen;
+	struct e1000_hw *hw = E1000_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_HW(dev->data->dev_private);
+	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev = RTE_ETH_DEV_TO_PCI(dev);
+	uint32_t hang_state = 0;
+
+	fextnvm11 = E1000_READ_REG(hw, E1000_FEXTNVM11);
+	E1000_WRITE_REG(hw, E1000_FEXTNVM11,
+			fextnvm11 | E1000_FEXTNVM11_DISABLE_MULR_FIX);
+	tdlen = E1000_READ_REG(hw, E1000_TDLEN(0));
+	rte_pci_read_config(pci_dev, &hang_state, sizeof(hang_state),
+				PCICFG_DESC_RING_STATUS);
+
+	/* do nothing if we're not in faulty state, or if the queue is empty */
+	if ((hang_state & FLUSH_DESC_REQUIRED) && tdlen) {
+		/* flush desc ring */
+		e1000_flush_tx_ring(dev);
+		rte_pci_read_config(pci_dev, &hang_state, sizeof(hang_state),
+					PCICFG_DESC_RING_STATUS);
+		if (hang_state & FLUSH_DESC_REQUIRED)
+			e1000_flush_rx_ring(dev);
+	}
+}
