1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 0d9a3ac043a6..d5d9589ae086 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -3459,6 +3459,8 @@ static int ixgbe_open(struct net_device *netdev)
         if (test_bit(__IXGBE_TESTING, &adapter->state))
                 return -EBUSY;
 
+        netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+
         /* allocate transmit descriptors */
         err = ixgbe_setup_all_tx_resources(adapter);
         if (err)
@@ -4772,13 +4774,14 @@ static int __devinit ixgbe_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
         /* reset the hardware with the new settings */
         hw->mac.ops.start_hw(hw);
 
-        netif_carrier_off(netdev);
-
         strcpy(netdev->name, "eth%d");
         err = register_netdev(netdev);
         if (err)
                 goto err_register;
 
+        /* carrier off reporting is important to ethtool even BEFORE open */
+        netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_IXGBE_DCA
         if (dca_add_requester(&pdev->dev) == 0) {
                 adapter->flags |= IXGBE_FLAG_DCA_ENABLED;