1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/skge.c b/drivers/net/skge.c
index 42daf98ba73..35b28f42d20 100644
--- a/drivers/net/skge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/skge.c
@@ -3856,9 +3856,6 @@ static struct net_device *skge_devinit(struct skge_hw *hw, int port,
         memcpy_fromio(dev->dev_addr, hw->regs + B2_MAC_1 + port*8, ETH_ALEN);
         memcpy(dev->perm_addr, dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
 
-        /* device is off until link detection */
-        netif_carrier_off(dev);
-
         return dev;
 }