diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
index 06414d110a..9c386f5c99 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
@@ -2986,7 +2986,7 @@ ixgbe_dev_close(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	do {
 		ret = rte_intr_callback_unregister(intr_handle,
 				ixgbe_dev_interrupt_handler, dev);
-		if (ret >= 0) {
+		if (ret >= 0 || ret == -ENOENT) {
 			break;
 		} else if (ret != -EAGAIN) {
 			PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR,