Merge branch 'fix/hda' into topic/hda

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index bb6b67f6b0cc..b6d402806ae6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -986,9 +986,15 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
                 goto unregister;
         }
 
-        vi->status = VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP;
-        virtnet_update_status(vi);
-        netif_carrier_on(dev);
+        /* Assume link up if device can't report link status,
+           otherwise get link status from config. */
+        if (virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS)) {
+                netif_carrier_off(dev);
+                virtnet_update_status(vi);
+        } else {
+                vi->status = VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP;
+                netif_carrier_on(dev);
+        }
 
         pr_debug("virtnet: registered device %s\n", dev->name);
         return 0;