From: Mick Tarsel <mjtar...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

[ Upstream commit e876a8a7e9dd89dc88c12ca2e81beb478dbe9897 ]

State is initially reported as UNKNOWN. Before register call
netif_carrier_off(). Once the device is opened, call netif_carrier_on() in
order to set the state to UP.

Signed-off-by: Mick Tarsel <mjtar...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <da...@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.le...@verizon.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c 
b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index c66abd476023..3b0db01ead1f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -927,6 +927,7 @@ static int ibmvnic_open(struct net_device *netdev)
        }
 
        rc = __ibmvnic_open(netdev);
+       netif_carrier_on(netdev);
        mutex_unlock(&adapter->reset_lock);
 
        return rc;
@@ -3899,6 +3900,7 @@ static int ibmvnic_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const 
struct vio_device_id *id)
        if (rc)
                goto ibmvnic_init_fail;
 
+       netif_carrier_off(netdev);
        rc = register_netdev(netdev);
        if (rc) {
                dev_err(&dev->dev, "failed to register netdev rc=%d\n", rc);
-- 
2.11.0

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