1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/fec.c b/drivers/net/fec.c
index 768b840aeb6b..e83f67d22fe3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fec.c
@@ -1311,6 +1311,9 @@ fec_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
         if (ret)
                 goto failed_mii_init;
 
+        /* Carrier starts down, phylib will bring it up */
+        netif_carrier_off(ndev);
+
         ret = register_netdev(ndev);
         if (ret)
                 goto failed_register;