diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index d97641b9928b..c52c26fc44e5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -4603,6 +4603,9 @@ static int init_crq_queue(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter)
 	crq->cur = 0;
 	spin_lock_init(&crq->lock);
 
+	/* process any CRQs that were queued before we enabled interrupts */
+	tasklet_schedule(&adapter->tasklet);
+
 	return retrc;
 
 req_irq_failed: