1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/via-rhine.c b/drivers/net/via-rhine.c
index fee824002d10..fda367b92a28 100644
--- a/drivers/net/via-rhine.c
+++ b/drivers/net/via-rhine.c
@@ -1048,6 +1048,8 @@ static void init_registers(struct net_device *dev)
 
         rhine_set_rx_mode(dev);
 
+        netif_poll_enable(dev);
+
         /* Enable interrupts by setting the interrupt mask. */
         iowrite16(IntrRxDone | IntrRxErr | IntrRxEmpty| IntrRxOverflow |
                IntrRxDropped | IntrRxNoBuf | IntrTxAborted |
@@ -1199,7 +1201,6 @@ static void rhine_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev)
         dev->trans_start = jiffies;
         rp->stats.tx_errors++;
         netif_wake_queue(dev);
-        netif_poll_enable(dev);
 }
 
 static int rhine_start_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)