diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 26a4c26ba66f..ad221c39c343 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5f6ec29abe434676f940357bcd66536bbc69e9f8
+refs/heads/master: c55ad8e56b983f03589b38b4504b5d1f41161ff8
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
index a050746a5129..5dcb853224c9 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
@@ -1485,8 +1485,6 @@ qlcnic_setup_netdev(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter,
 
 	netdev->irq = adapter->msix_entries[0].vector;
 
-	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
-
 	err = register_netdev(netdev);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register net device\n");
@@ -1816,6 +1814,8 @@ static int qlcnic_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 	struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	int err;
 
+	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+
 	err = qlcnic_attach(adapter);
 	if (err)
 		return err;