4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Mick Tarsel <mjtarsel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [ 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 <mjtarsel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c @@ -927,6 +927,7 @@ static int ibmvnic_open(struct net_devic } 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 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);