1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 1db50487916b..b7d8822c1be4 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2165,6 +2165,9 @@ static int addrconf_notify(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
                                         dev->name);
                                 break;
                         }
+
+                        if (idev)
+                                idev->if_flags |= IF_READY;
                 } else {
                         if (!netif_carrier_ok(dev)) {
                                 /* device is still not ready. */