diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e7e901bf0ba8..b43286f22f14 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d06fc1d9b5518582f4982f908e820f2303d1eece
+refs/heads/master: bd7b3f34198071d8bec05180530c362f1800ba46
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/via-velocity.c b/trunk/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
index 5c4a92de9a07..450e29d7a9f3 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
@@ -1963,6 +1963,11 @@ static int velocity_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (!netif_running(dev)) {
+		dev->mtu = new_mtu;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (new_mtu != oldmtu) {
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&vptr->lock, flags);