Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (42 commits)
  net: Fix routing tables with id > 255 for legacy software
  sky2: Hold RTNL while calling dev_close()
  s2io iomem annotations
  atl1: fix suspend regression
  qeth: start dev queue after tx drop error
  qeth: Prepare-function to call s390dbf was wrong
  qeth: reduce number of kernel messages
  qeth: Use ccw_device_get_id().
  qeth: layer 3 Oops in ip event handler
  virtio: use callback on empty in virtio_net
  virtio: virtio_net free transmit skbs in a timer
  virtio: Fix typo in virtio_net_hdr comments
  virtio_net: Fix skb->csum_start computation
  ehea: set mac address fix
  sfc: Recover from RX queue flush failure
  add missing lance_* exports
  ixgbe: fix typo
  forcedeth: msi interrupts
  ipsec: pfkey should ignore events when no listeners
  pppoe: Unshare skb before anything else
  ...

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c b/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c
index 287a61918739..faae01dc1c4b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c
@@ -1766,16 +1766,20 @@ static int ehea_set_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *sa)
         mutex_lock(&ehea_bcmc_regs.lock);
 
         /* Deregister old MAC in pHYP */
-        ret = ehea_broadcast_reg_helper(port, H_DEREG_BCMC);
-        if (ret)
-                goto out_upregs;
+        if (port->state == EHEA_PORT_UP) {
+                ret = ehea_broadcast_reg_helper(port, H_DEREG_BCMC);
+                if (ret)
+                        goto out_upregs;
+        }
 
         port->mac_addr = cb0->port_mac_addr << 16;
 
         /* Register new MAC in pHYP */
-        ret = ehea_broadcast_reg_helper(port, H_REG_BCMC);
-        if (ret)
-                goto out_upregs;
+        if (port->state == EHEA_PORT_UP) {
+                ret = ehea_broadcast_reg_helper(port, H_REG_BCMC);
+                if (ret)
+                        goto out_upregs;
+        }
 
         ret = 0;