1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/en_tx.c
index 580968f304eb..3deabd1d0357 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -612,6 +612,9 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
         int lso_header_size;
         void *fragptr;
 
+        if (!priv->port_up)
+                goto tx_drop;
+
         real_size = get_real_size(skb, dev, &lso_header_size);
         if (unlikely(!real_size))
                 goto tx_drop;