1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c
index 2d6b2aed30e0..3c230466804d 100644
--- a/net/tipc/link.c
+++ b/net/tipc/link.c
@@ -2126,7 +2126,8 @@ void tipc_link_set_tolerance(struct tipc_link *l, u32 tol,
                              struct sk_buff_head *xmitq)
 {
         l->tolerance = tol;
-        tipc_link_build_proto_msg(l, STATE_MSG, 0, 0, 0, tol, 0, xmitq);
+        if (link_is_up(l))
+                tipc_link_build_proto_msg(l, STATE_MSG, 0, 0, 0, tol, 0, xmitq);
 }
 
 void tipc_link_set_prio(struct tipc_link *l, u32 prio,