1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
index e2a7725e567e..b02f7adff5dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
+++ b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
@@ -989,8 +989,10 @@ static int __devinit velocity_found1(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_devi
         if (ret < 0)
                 goto err_iounmap;
 
-        if (velocity_get_link(dev))
+        if (!velocity_get_link(dev)) {
                 netif_carrier_off(dev);
+                vptr->mii_status |= VELOCITY_LINK_FAIL;
+        }
 
         velocity_print_info(vptr);
         pci_set_drvdata(pdev, dev);