1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
index e2d42475b006..c81625ade4a3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
@@ -1373,6 +1373,9 @@ static int gfar_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 
         gfar_hw_init(priv);
 
+        /* Carrier starts down, phylib will bring it up */
+        netif_carrier_off(dev);
+
         err = register_netdev(dev);
 
         if (err) {
@@ -1380,9 +1383,6 @@ static int gfar_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
                 goto register_fail;
         }
 
-        /* Carrier starts down, phylib will bring it up */
-        netif_carrier_off(dev);
-
         device_init_wakeup(&dev->dev,
                            priv->device_flags &
                            FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_MAGIC_PACKET);