diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
index e2fd2dab03e3..d88835482d3a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
@@ -5637,6 +5637,16 @@ static int ice_resume(struct device *dev)
 	/* Restart the service task */
 	mod_timer(&pf->serv_tmr, round_jiffies(jiffies + pf->serv_tmr_period));
 
+	/* Best-effort wait for the scheduled reset to finish so that the
+	 * device is operational before returning. Without this, userspace
+	 * (e.g. NetworkManager) may try to open the net device while the
+	 * asynchronous reset is still in progress, hitting -EBUSY.
+	 */
+	ret = ice_wait_for_reset(pf, secs_to_jiffies(10));
+	if (ret)
+		dev_err(dev, "Wait for reset timed out (10s) during resume: %d\n",
+			ret);
+
 	return 0;
 }