1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
index 13e9ece16889..c67e93117271 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
@@ -215,6 +215,23 @@ static int e1000_set_settings(struct net_device *netdev,
         return 0;
 }
 
+static u32 e1000_get_link(struct net_device *netdev)
+{
+        struct e1000_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
+
+        /*
+         * 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))
+                adapter->hw.get_link_status = 1;
+
+        return e1000_has_link(adapter);
+}
+
 static void e1000_get_pauseparam(struct net_device *netdev,
                                  struct ethtool_pauseparam *pause)
 {
@@ -1892,7 +1909,7 @@ static const struct ethtool_ops e1000_ethtool_ops = {
         .get_msglevel           = e1000_get_msglevel,
         .set_msglevel           = e1000_set_msglevel,
         .nway_reset             = e1000_nway_reset,
-        .get_link               = ethtool_op_get_link,
+        .get_link               = e1000_get_link,
         .get_eeprom_len         = e1000_get_eeprom_len,
         .get_eeprom             = e1000_get_eeprom,
         .set_eeprom             = e1000_set_eeprom,