1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
index 3d73f2070b94..67e06fd9fc45 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
@@ -190,6 +190,17 @@ static int e1000_get_settings(struct net_device *netdev,
 static u32 e1000_get_link(struct net_device *netdev)
 {
         struct e1000_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
+        struct e1000_mac_info *mac = &adapter->hw.mac;
+
+        /*
+         * If the link is not reported up to netdev, interrupts are disabled,
+         * and so the physical link state may have changed since we last
+         * looked. Set get_link_status to make sure that the true link
+         * state is interrogated, rather than pulling a cached and possibly
+         * stale link state from the driver.
+         */
+        if (!netif_carrier_ok(netdev))
+                mac->get_link_status = 1;
 
         return e1000_has_link(adapter);
 }