1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c b/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
index 2a628d17d178..7018bfe408a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ static void emac_rx_handler(void *token, int len, int status)
         int                     ret;
 
         /* free and bail if we are shutting down */
-        if (unlikely(!netif_running(ndev))) {
+        if (unlikely(!netif_running(ndev) || !netif_carrier_ok(ndev))) {
                 dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
                 return;
         }