diff --git a/sys/net/iflib.c b/sys/net/iflib.c
index d6494eb89ee6..a144983401da 100644
--- a/sys/net/iflib.c
+++ b/sys/net/iflib.c
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@ iflib_record_started(void *arg)
 	iflib_started = 1;
 }
 
-SYSINIT(iflib_record_started, SI_SUB_SMP + 1, SI_ORDER_FIRST,
+SYSINIT(iflib_record_started, SI_SUB_TASKQ + 1, SI_ORDER_FIRST,
 	iflib_record_started, NULL);
 #endif
 
@@ -4756,7 +4756,9 @@ iflib_device_register(device_t dev, void *sc, if_shared_ctx_t sctx, if_ctx_t *ct
 	 * we do null handling and depend on this not causing too large an
 	 * interrupt storm.
 	 */
+#if 0
 	IFDI_INTR_DISABLE(ctx);
+#endif
 
 	if (msix > 1) {
 		/*