Merge branch 'master' into next

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/e100.c b/drivers/net/e100.c
index b997e578e58f..791080303db1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e100.c
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@
 #include <linux/ethtool.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/firmware.h>
+#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
 
@@ -2265,8 +2266,13 @@ static void e100_tx_timeout_task(struct work_struct *work)
 
         DPRINTK(TX_ERR, DEBUG, "scb.status=0x%02X\n",
                 ioread8(&nic->csr->scb.status));
-        e100_down(netdev_priv(netdev));
-        e100_up(netdev_priv(netdev));
+
+        rtnl_lock();
+        if (netif_running(netdev)) {
+                e100_down(netdev_priv(netdev));
+                e100_up(netdev_priv(netdev));
+        }
+        rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
 static int e100_loopback_test(struct nic *nic, enum loopback loopback_mode)