1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
index 4a0826b8f6f2..ff741ca110f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
@@ -471,10 +471,8 @@ ixgb_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
         if (err)
                 goto err_register;
 
-        /* we're going to reset, so assume we have no link for now */
-
+        /* carrier off reporting is important to ethtool even BEFORE open */
         netif_carrier_off(netdev);
-        netif_stop_queue(netdev);
 
         DPRINTK(PROBE, INFO, "Intel(R) PRO/10GbE Network Connection\n");
         ixgb_check_options(adapter);
@@ -592,6 +590,8 @@ ixgb_open(struct net_device *netdev)
         if (err)
                 goto err_setup_tx;
 
+        netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+
         /* allocate receive descriptors */
 
         err = ixgb_setup_rx_resources(adapter);
@@ -602,6 +602,8 @@ ixgb_open(struct net_device *netdev)
         if (err)
                 goto err_up;
 
+        netif_start_queue(netdev);
+
         return 0;
 
 err_up: