diff --git a/dpdk/lib/eal/linux/eal.c b/dpdk/lib/eal/linux/eal.c
index b3b69a090..d92d11c4b 100644
--- a/dpdk/lib/eal/linux/eal.c
+++ b/dpdk/lib/eal/linux/eal.c
@@ -1370,7 +1370,18 @@ rte_eal_cleanup(void)
 	vfio_mp_sync_cleanup();
 #endif
 	rte_mp_channel_cleanup();
-	eal_bus_cleanup();
+	/* Secondary processes should not call eal_bus_cleanup() because it
+	 * invokes drv->remove() on all PCI devices, which for virtio PMD ends
+	 * up calling virtio_reset() and writing VIRTIO_CONFIG_STATUS_RESET to
+	 * the hardware.  This resets the NIC owned by the primary process,
+	 * causing it to stop accepting new connections.
+	 *
+	 * Upstream fix: commit 4bc53f8f0d64 ("eal: fix MP socket cleanup"),
+	 * DPDK >= 25.07.  Backport for F-Stack bundled DPDK 23.11.5.
+	 * See also: https://github.com/F-Stack/f-stack/issues/860
+	 */
+	if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY)
+		eal_bus_cleanup();
 	rte_eal_alarm_cleanup();
 	rte_trace_save();
 	eal_trace_fini();