1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
index 1693ed116b16..c0ff550262ff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -3072,6 +3072,8 @@ static int e1000_open(struct net_device *netdev)
         if (test_bit(__E1000_TESTING, &adapter->state))
                 return -EBUSY;
 
+        netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+
         /* allocate transmit descriptors */
         err = e1000e_setup_tx_resources(adapter);
         if (err)
@@ -5037,15 +5039,14 @@ static int __devinit e1000_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
         if (!(adapter->flags & FLAG_HAS_AMT))
                 e1000_get_hw_control(adapter);
 
-        /* tell the stack to leave us alone until e1000_open() is called */
-        netif_carrier_off(netdev);
-        netif_tx_stop_all_queues(netdev);
-
         strcpy(netdev->name, "eth%d");
         err = register_netdev(netdev);
         if (err)
                 goto err_register;
 
+        /* carrier off reporting is important to ethtool even BEFORE open */
+        netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+
         e1000_print_device_info(adapter);
 
         return 0;