diff --git a/sys/dev/cxgb/common/cxgb_common.h b/sys/dev/cxgb/common/cxgb_common.h
index d523a1a02284..549d5a9d69c0 100644
--- a/sys/dev/cxgb/common/cxgb_common.h
+++ b/sys/dev/cxgb/common/cxgb_common.h
@@ -701,7 +701,6 @@ void t3_port_intr_enable(adapter_t *adapter, int idx);
 void t3_port_intr_disable(adapter_t *adapter, int idx);
 void t3_port_intr_clear(adapter_t *adapter, int idx);
 int t3_slow_intr_handler(adapter_t *adapter);
-int t3_phy_intr_handler(adapter_t *adapter);
 
 void t3_link_changed(adapter_t *adapter, int port_id);
 int t3_link_start(struct cphy *phy, struct cmac *mac, struct link_config *lc);
diff --git a/sys/dev/cxgb/common/cxgb_t3_hw.c b/sys/dev/cxgb/common/cxgb_t3_hw.c
index 4c28a047c42b..e98b83f3dbd4 100644
--- a/sys/dev/cxgb/common/cxgb_t3_hw.c
+++ b/sys/dev/cxgb/common/cxgb_t3_hw.c
@@ -2180,7 +2180,7 @@ static int mac_intr_handler(adapter_t *adap, unsigned int idx)
 /*
  * Interrupt handler for PHY events.
  */
-int t3_phy_intr_handler(adapter_t *adapter)
+static int phy_intr_handler(adapter_t *adapter)
 {
 	u32 i, cause = t3_read_reg(adapter, A_T3DBG_INT_CAUSE);
 
@@ -2262,7 +2262,7 @@ int t3_slow_intr_handler(adapter_t *adapter)
 	if (cause & F_XGMAC0_1)
 		mac_intr_handler(adapter, 1);
 	if (cause & F_T3DBG)
-		t3_os_ext_intr_handler(adapter);
+		phy_intr_handler(adapter);
 
 	/* Clear the interrupts just processed. */
 	t3_write_reg(adapter, A_PL_INT_CAUSE0, cause);
diff --git a/sys/dev/cxgb/cxgb_adapter.h b/sys/dev/cxgb/cxgb_adapter.h
index 48672f4a9844..cffee8419c87 100644
--- a/sys/dev/cxgb/cxgb_adapter.h
+++ b/sys/dev/cxgb/cxgb_adapter.h
@@ -350,7 +350,6 @@ struct adapter {
 	struct filter_info      *filters;
 	
 	/* Tasks */
-	struct task		ext_intr_task;
 	struct task		slow_intr_task;
 	struct task		tick_task;
 	struct taskqueue	*tq;
@@ -500,7 +499,6 @@ void t3_os_link_changed(adapter_t *adapter, int port_id, int link_status,
 void t3_os_phymod_changed(struct adapter *adap, int port_id);
 void t3_sge_err_intr_handler(adapter_t *adapter);
 int t3_offload_tx(struct t3cdev *, struct mbuf *);
-void t3_os_ext_intr_handler(adapter_t *adapter);
 void t3_os_set_hw_addr(adapter_t *adapter, int port_idx, u8 hw_addr[]);
 int t3_mgmt_tx(adapter_t *adap, struct mbuf *m);
 
diff --git a/sys/dev/cxgb/cxgb_main.c b/sys/dev/cxgb/cxgb_main.c
index 2f5ac36f11ae..e95a58f11fcf 100644
--- a/sys/dev/cxgb/cxgb_main.c
+++ b/sys/dev/cxgb/cxgb_main.c
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ static void cxgb_build_medialist(struct port_info *);
 static void cxgb_media_status(struct ifnet *, struct ifmediareq *);
 static int setup_sge_qsets(adapter_t *);
 static void cxgb_async_intr(void *);
-static void cxgb_ext_intr_handler(void *, int);
 static void cxgb_tick_handler(void *, int);
 static void cxgb_tick(void *);
 static void setup_rss(adapter_t *sc);
@@ -588,7 +587,6 @@ cxgb_controller_attach(device_t dev)
 
 	taskqueue_start_threads(&sc->tq, 1, PI_NET, "%s taskq",
 	    device_get_nameunit(dev));
-	TASK_INIT(&sc->ext_intr_task, 0, cxgb_ext_intr_handler, sc);
 	TASK_INIT(&sc->tick_task, 0, cxgb_tick_handler, sc);
 
 	
@@ -1265,29 +1263,6 @@ void t3_os_phymod_changed(struct adapter *adap, int port_id)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * Interrupt-context handler for external (PHY) interrupts.
- */
-void
-t3_os_ext_intr_handler(adapter_t *sc)
-{
-	if (cxgb_debug)
-		printf("t3_os_ext_intr_handler\n");
-	/*
-	 * Schedule a task to handle external interrupts as they may be slow
-	 * and we use a mutex to protect MDIO registers.  We disable PHY
-	 * interrupts in the meantime and let the task reenable them when
-	 * it's done.
-	 */
-	if (sc->slow_intr_mask) {
-		ADAPTER_LOCK(sc);
-		sc->slow_intr_mask &= ~F_T3DBG;
-		t3_write_reg(sc, A_PL_INT_ENABLE0, sc->slow_intr_mask);
-		taskqueue_enqueue(sc->tq, &sc->ext_intr_task);
-		ADAPTER_UNLOCK(sc);
-	}
-}
-
 void
 t3_os_set_hw_addr(adapter_t *adapter, int port_idx, u8 hw_addr[])
 {
@@ -1937,7 +1912,6 @@ cxgb_uninit_synchronized(struct port_info *pi)
 	clrbit(&sc->open_device_map, pi->port_id);
 	t3_port_intr_disable(sc, pi->port_id);
 	taskqueue_drain(sc->tq, &sc->slow_intr_task);
-	taskqueue_drain(sc->tq, &sc->ext_intr_task);
 	taskqueue_drain(sc->tq, &sc->tick_task);
 
 	PORT_LOCK(pi);
@@ -2295,34 +2269,11 @@ cxgb_async_intr(void *data)
 {
 	adapter_t *sc = data;
 
-	if (cxgb_debug)
-		device_printf(sc->dev, "cxgb_async_intr\n");
-	/*
-	 * May need to sleep - defer to taskqueue
-	 */
+	t3_write_reg(sc, A_PL_INT_ENABLE0, 0);
+	(void) t3_read_reg(sc, A_PL_INT_ENABLE0);
 	taskqueue_enqueue(sc->tq, &sc->slow_intr_task);
 }
 
-static void
-cxgb_ext_intr_handler(void *arg, int count)
-{
-	adapter_t *sc = (adapter_t *)arg;
-
-	if (cxgb_debug)
-		printf("cxgb_ext_intr_handler\n");
-
-	t3_phy_intr_handler(sc);
-
-	/* Now reenable external interrupts */
-	ADAPTER_LOCK(sc);
-	if (sc->slow_intr_mask) {
-		sc->slow_intr_mask |= F_T3DBG;
-		t3_write_reg(sc, A_PL_INT_CAUSE0, F_T3DBG);
-		t3_write_reg(sc, A_PL_INT_ENABLE0, sc->slow_intr_mask);
-	}
-	ADAPTER_UNLOCK(sc);
-}
-
 static inline int
 link_poll_needed(struct port_info *p)
 {
diff --git a/sys/dev/cxgb/cxgb_sge.c b/sys/dev/cxgb/cxgb_sge.c
index 0204b32ebb6c..4032b4f1f9cc 100644
--- a/sys/dev/cxgb/cxgb_sge.c
+++ b/sys/dev/cxgb/cxgb_sge.c
@@ -910,6 +910,8 @@ sge_slow_intr_handler(void *arg, int ncount)
 	adapter_t *sc = arg;
 
 	t3_slow_intr_handler(sc);
+	t3_write_reg(sc, A_PL_INT_ENABLE0, sc->slow_intr_mask);
+	(void) t3_read_reg(sc, A_PL_INT_ENABLE0);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3168,8 +3170,11 @@ t3b_intr(void *data)
 	if (!map) 
 		return;
 
-	if (__predict_false(map & F_ERRINTR))
+	if (__predict_false(map & F_ERRINTR)) {
+		t3_write_reg(adap, A_PL_INT_ENABLE0, 0);
+		(void) t3_read_reg(adap, A_PL_INT_ENABLE0);
 		taskqueue_enqueue(adap->tq, &adap->slow_intr_task);
+	}
 
 	mtx_lock(&q0->lock);
 	for_each_port(adap, i)
@@ -3197,8 +3202,11 @@ t3_intr_msi(void *data)
 	    if (process_responses_gts(adap, &adap->sge.qs[i].rspq)) 
 		    new_packets = 1;
 	mtx_unlock(&q0->lock);
-	if (new_packets == 0)
+	if (new_packets == 0) {
+		t3_write_reg(adap, A_PL_INT_ENABLE0, 0);
+		(void) t3_read_reg(adap, A_PL_INT_ENABLE0);
 		taskqueue_enqueue(adap->tq, &adap->slow_intr_task);
+	}
 }
 
 void