diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2aef4ebd5a2f..31e829089220 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b67d801f922b989e6756579438bd493ad9052bca
+refs/heads/master: 0cffef48ebf5060f749d8b04ab0437a4ba009e77
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/trunk/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index 09ab6a2d3e49..e6b2df0e73f5 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -2903,7 +2903,7 @@ void qeth_qdio_start_poll(struct ccw_device *ccwdev, int queue,
 {
 	struct qeth_card *card = (struct qeth_card *)card_ptr;
 
-	if (card->dev)
+	if (card->dev && (card->dev->flags & IFF_UP))
 		napi_schedule(&card->napi);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qeth_qdio_start_poll);