diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
index a2bdb2906519..63054061966e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
@@ -2582,15 +2582,16 @@ static void i40e_diag_test(struct net_device *netdev,
 
 		set_bit(__I40E_TESTING, pf->state);
 
+		if (test_bit(__I40E_RESET_RECOVERY_PENDING, pf->state) ||
+		    test_bit(__I40E_RESET_INTR_RECEIVED, pf->state)) {
+			dev_warn(&pf->pdev->dev,
+				 "Cannot start offline testing when PF is in reset state.\n");
+			goto skip_ol_tests;
+		}
+
 		if (i40e_active_vfs(pf) || i40e_active_vmdqs(pf)) {
 			dev_warn(&pf->pdev->dev,
 				 "Please take active VFs and Netqueues offline and restart the adapter before running NIC diagnostics\n");
-			data[I40E_ETH_TEST_REG]		= 1;
-			data[I40E_ETH_TEST_EEPROM]	= 1;
-			data[I40E_ETH_TEST_INTR]	= 1;
-			data[I40E_ETH_TEST_LINK]	= 1;
-			eth_test->flags |= ETH_TEST_FL_FAILED;
-			clear_bit(__I40E_TESTING, pf->state);
 			goto skip_ol_tests;
 		}
 
@@ -2637,9 +2638,17 @@ static void i40e_diag_test(struct net_device *netdev,
 		data[I40E_ETH_TEST_INTR] = 0;
 	}
 
-skip_ol_tests:
-
 	netif_info(pf, drv, netdev, "testing finished\n");
+	return;
+
+skip_ol_tests:
+	data[I40E_ETH_TEST_REG]		= 1;
+	data[I40E_ETH_TEST_EEPROM]	= 1;
+	data[I40E_ETH_TEST_INTR]	= 1;
+	data[I40E_ETH_TEST_LINK]	= 1;
+	eth_test->flags |= ETH_TEST_FL_FAILED;
+	clear_bit(__I40E_TESTING, pf->state);
+	netif_info(pf, drv, netdev, "testing failed\n");
 }
 
 static void i40e_get_wol(struct net_device *netdev,