1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index a7590551e574..d5e40c3e4bc3 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -456,8 +456,11 @@ static void qeth_l3_set_ip_addr_list(struct qeth_card *card)
         QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 2, "sdiplist");
         QETH_CARD_HEX(card, 2, &card, sizeof(void *));
 
-        if (card->options.sniffer)
+        if ((card->state != CARD_STATE_UP &&
+             card->state != CARD_STATE_SOFTSETUP) || card->options.sniffer) {
                 return;
+        }
+
         spin_lock_irqsave(&card->ip_lock, flags);
         tbd_list = card->ip_tbd_list;
         card->ip_tbd_list = kmalloc(sizeof(struct list_head), GFP_ATOMIC);