1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
index 1d03dcdd5e56..19ac096cb07b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
@@ -1353,8 +1353,11 @@ static int gfar_restore(struct device *dev)
         struct gfar_private *priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
         struct net_device *ndev = priv->ndev;
 
-        if (!netif_running(ndev))
+        if (!netif_running(ndev)) {
+                netif_device_attach(ndev);
+
                 return 0;
+        }
 
         gfar_init_bds(ndev);
         init_registers(ndev);