1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
index 71c27d8d214f..bd8758fa38c1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
@@ -352,11 +352,7 @@ static void ax88179_status(struct usbnet *dev, struct urb *urb)
         link = (((__force u32)event->intdata1) & AX_INT_PPLS_LINK) >> 16;
 
         if (netif_carrier_ok(dev->net) != link) {
-                if (link)
-                        usbnet_defer_kevent(dev, EVENT_LINK_RESET);
-                else
-                        netif_carrier_off(dev->net);
-
+                usbnet_link_change(dev, link, 1);
                 netdev_info(dev->net, "ax88179 - Link status is: %d\n", link);
         }
 }
@@ -455,7 +451,7 @@ static int ax88179_resume(struct usb_interface *intf)
         u16 tmp16;
         u8 tmp8;
 
-        netif_carrier_off(dev->net);
+        usbnet_link_change(dev, 0, 0);
 
         /* Power up ethernet PHY */
         tmp16 = 0;
@@ -1068,7 +1064,7 @@ static int ax88179_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
         /* Restart autoneg */
         mii_nway_restart(&dev->mii);
 
-        netif_carrier_off(dev->net);
+        usbnet_link_change(dev, 0, 0);
 
         return 0;
 }
@@ -1356,7 +1352,7 @@ static int ax88179_reset(struct usbnet *dev)
         /* Restart autoneg */
         mii_nway_restart(&dev->mii);
 
-        netif_carrier_off(dev->net);
+        usbnet_link_change(dev, 0, 0);
 
         return 0;
 }