diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 260088ad8ef1..7c8e1be1ba21 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 581e8ae49ea3a70b438991e388ded2dcbdbd2162
+refs/heads/master: d49c9640975355c79f346869831bf9780d185de0
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c b/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c
index 398dfd46b8c1..85e28e60ecf1 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c
@@ -690,6 +690,9 @@ void netxen_p3_nic_set_multi(struct net_device *netdev)
 	struct list_head *head;
 	nx_mac_list_t *cur;
 
+	if (adapter->is_up != NETXEN_ADAPTER_UP_MAGIC)
+		return;
+
 	list_splice_tail_init(&adapter->mac_list, &del_list);
 
 	nx_p3_nic_add_mac(adapter, adapter->mac_addr, &del_list);