diff --git a/sys/net/iflib.h b/sys/net/iflib.h
--- a/sys/net/iflib.h
+++ b/sys/net/iflib.h
@@ -402,6 +402,10 @@
  * Interface has an admin completion queue
  */
 #define IFLIB_HAS_ADMINCQ	0x100000
+/*
+ * Interface needs to preserve TX ring indices across restarts.
+ */
+#define IFLIB_PRESERVE_TX_INDICES	0x200000
 
 /*
  * These enum values are used in iflib_needs_restart to indicate to iflib
diff --git a/sys/net/iflib.c b/sys/net/iflib.c
--- a/sys/net/iflib.c
+++ b/sys/net/iflib.c
@@ -2604,7 +2604,12 @@
 			iflib_txsd_free(ctx, txq, j);
 		}
 		txq->ift_processed = txq->ift_cleaned = txq->ift_cidx_processed = 0;
-		txq->ift_in_use = txq->ift_gen = txq->ift_cidx = txq->ift_pidx = txq->ift_no_desc_avail = 0;
+		txq->ift_in_use = txq->ift_gen = txq->ift_no_desc_avail = 0;
+		if (sctx->isc_flags & IFLIB_PRESERVE_TX_INDICES)
+			txq->ift_cidx = txq->ift_pidx;
+		else
+			txq->ift_cidx = txq->ift_pidx = 0;
+
 		txq->ift_closed = txq->ift_mbuf_defrag = txq->ift_mbuf_defrag_failed = 0;
 		txq->ift_no_tx_dma_setup = txq->ift_txd_encap_efbig = txq->ift_map_failed = 0;
 		txq->ift_pullups = 0;