1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index e56aa6c9743f..75cb76139ddc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -75,16 +75,16 @@ static void write_msg(struct console *con, const char *msg, unsigned int len)
         int frag, left;
         unsigned long flags;
 
-        local_irq_save(flags);
-
-        for (left = len; left;) {
-                frag = min(left, MAX_PRINT_CHUNK);
-                netpoll_send_udp(&np, msg, frag);
-                msg += frag;
-                left -= frag;
+        if (netif_running(np.dev)) {
+                local_irq_save(flags);
+                for (left = len; left;) {
+                        frag = min(left, MAX_PRINT_CHUNK);
+                        netpoll_send_udp(&np, msg, frag);
+                        msg += frag;
+                        left -= frag;
+                }
+                local_irq_restore(flags);
         }
-
-        local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 static struct console netconsole = {