1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 5a7f20f78574..26090621ea6b 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2577,7 +2577,7 @@ unsigned dev_get_flags(const struct net_device *dev)
 
 int dev_change_flags(struct net_device *dev, unsigned flags)
 {
-        int ret;
+        int ret, changes;
         int old_flags = dev->flags;
 
         /*
@@ -2632,8 +2632,10 @@ int dev_change_flags(struct net_device *dev, unsigned flags)
                 dev_set_allmulti(dev, inc);
         }
 
-        if (old_flags ^ dev->flags)
-                rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, old_flags ^ dev->flags);
+        /* Exclude state transition flags, already notified */
+        changes = (old_flags ^ dev->flags) & ~(IFF_UP | IFF_RUNNING);
+        if (changes)
+                rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, changes);
 
         return ret;
 }